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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Rollingwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rollingwood and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Rollingwood:
    • 35.118774, -78.916415
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Rollingwood
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Rollingwood is near Harnett County and also Hoke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harnett County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hoke County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Rollingwood

Communities Also Named Rollingwood ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Rollingwood.

There are four communities within North Carolina that are also named Rollingwood.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Cleveland County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Cleveland County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the west of the Rollingwood that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Rollingwood.
    • Johnston County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Johnston County and lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rollingwood that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Rollingwood.
    • Pitt County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Pitt County and lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rollingwood that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Rollingwood.
    • Wake County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Wake County and lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rollingwood that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Rollingwood.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Rollingwood.
    • California
      • Contra Costa County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Contra Costa County and lies 2,394 miles [3,852.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Contra Costa County community of Rollingwood.
    • Georgia
      • Clarke County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Clarke County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Rollingwood.
      • Floyd County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Floyd County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km] to the west of the Rollingwood that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Rollingwood.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rollingwood that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rollingwood.
    • South Carolina
      • Lexington County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Lexington County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Rollingwood.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Hamilton County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the west of the Rollingwood that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Rollingwood.
    • Texas
      • Travis County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Travis County and lies 1,144 miles [1,841.1 km]<1> to the west of the Rollingwood that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Rollingwood.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Fairfax County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rollingwood that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Rollingwood.
      • Isle of Wight County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Isle of Wight County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the northeast of the Rollingwood that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Isle of Wight County community of Rollingwood.
      • Portsmouth City
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Rollingwood [Portsmouth City].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rollingwood ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Bonnie Doone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Casablanca
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Casablanca is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
  • Eureka Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Eureka Springs is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Springs
  • Hillendale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hillendale is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale
  • Holly Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
  • Lakecrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lakecrest is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakecrest
  • Sadie Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sadie Heights is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sadie Heights
  • Scotty Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Scotty Hills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotty Hills
  • Summertime
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Summertime is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summertime
  • University Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • University Hills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Hills

How Far From Rollingwood to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rollingwood to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rollingwood and extending to:

  • Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Rollingwood to Raleigh, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 280 miles [450.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,141 miles [9,883 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,834 miles [10,998.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,716 miles [7,589.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rollingwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Rollingwood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Rollingwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rollingwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1188, Longitude: -78.9164       In this case, the coordinates for Rollingwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.121 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.276 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.794 degrees.