Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rowan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rowan and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rowan
- 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 Rowan:
- 34.512946, -78.271110
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Rowan
- 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 Bladen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bladen County
- Since Rowan is near Pender County and also Sampson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pender County
- eBird sighting report for Sampson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Rowan ...
We found four communities that share the name Rowan.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Rowan.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rowan ...
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.
- Carvers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Ivanhoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Kelly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Kelly is located in Bladen County
- Long Bluff Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Bluff Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bluff Landing
- Long Bluff Landing is located in Pender County
- Long View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Reb Kee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Red Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Red Star Camp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Star Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star Camp
- Red Star Camp is located in Pender County
- Rooks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Sparkleberry Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sparkleberry Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkleberry Landing
- Sparkleberry Landing is located in Bladen County
- Still Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Still Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Bluff
- Still Bluff is located in Pender County
How Far From Rowan to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rowan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rowan and extending to:
- Elizabethtown, which is the Seat of Bladen County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rowan to Elizabethtown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 310 miles [498.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,139 miles [9,879.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,827 miles [10,987 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,712 miles [7,583.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rowan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Bladen County: www.bladeninfo.net/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Rowan 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rowan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rowan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5129, Longitude: -78.2711 In this case, the coordinates for Rowan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Rowan to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.768 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.782 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.746 degrees. |