Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rowland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rowland and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rowland
- 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 Rowland:
- 34.535878, -79.292941
- 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 Rowland
- 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 Robeson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Robeson County
- Since Rowland is near Dillon County and also Marlboro County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Dillon County
- eBird sighting report for Marlboro 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 Rowland ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Rowland.
Within North Carolina, the name Rowland is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Georgia
- Dodge County
- This Rowland is located in Dodge County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Rowland that is located in Robeson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Rowland.
- Upson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Rowland [Upson County].
- Kentucky
- Lincoln County
- This Rowland is located in Lincoln County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Rowland that is located in Robeson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Rowland.
- McCracken County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Rowland [McCracken County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Rowland lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km]<2> to the north of the Rowland that is located in Robeson County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rowland ...
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.
- Bass Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bass Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Crossroads
- Bass Crossroads is located in Dillon County (SC)
- Centerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Dillon County (SC)
- Cotton Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Valley
- Cotton Valley is located in Dillon County (SC)
- Echo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Five Forks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Five Forks is located in Dillon County (SC)
- Hasty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - High Hill Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Hill Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill Crossroads
- High Hill Crossroads is located in Dillon County (SC)
- Johns
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Little Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Little Rock is located in Dillon County (SC)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Rock <5>
- Moss Neck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Oliver Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oliver Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver Crossroads
- Oliver Crossroads is located in Dillon County (SC)
- Prospect
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Red Banks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
- Red Banks is located in Robeson County
- Red Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Rowland to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Rowland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rowland and extending to:
- Lumberton, which is the Seat of Robeson County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rowland to Lumberton, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 326 miles [524.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,183 miles [9,950.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,874 miles [11,062.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,757 miles [7,655.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rowland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Robeson County: www.co.robeson.nc.us/
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 Rowland 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rowland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rowland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5359, Longitude: -79.2929 In this case, the coordinates for Rowland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rowland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Rowland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.34 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.441 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.119 degrees. |