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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 Sadie Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sadie Heights and the surrounding area.
- 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 Sadie Heights:
- 35.098219, -78.875303
- 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 Sadie Heights
- 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 Sadie Heights is near Harnett County and also Sampson 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 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Sadie Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sadie Heights ...
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.
- Beard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beard is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Bonnie Doone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bordeaux
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bordeaux is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
- Eureka Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Springs
- Haymount
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haymount is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymount
- Hillendale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hillendale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale
- Holiday Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Park is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
- Holly Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Lakecrest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lakecrest is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakecrest
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rollingwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rollingwood is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Scotty Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Scotty Hills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotty Hills
- Summertime
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summertime is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summertime
- University Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- University Hills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Hills
- Vanstory Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vanstory Hills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanstory Hills
- Williams Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Williams Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Village
How Far From Sadie Heights 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 community such as Sadie Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sadie Heights and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the South.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Sadie Heights to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> 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 281 miles [452.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,140 miles [9,881.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,833 miles [10,996.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,715 miles [7,588.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Sadie Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Sadie Heights 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 Sadie Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0982, Longitude: -78.8753 In this case, the coordinates for Sadie Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.098 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.246 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.785 degrees. |
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