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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 Saint Martin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Martin 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 Saint Martin:
    • 35.263755, -80.272840
    • 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 Saint Martin
  • 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 Stanly County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stanly County
    • Since Saint Martin is near Anson County and also Cabarrus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cabarrus 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 Saint Martin

Communities Also Named Saint Martin ...

We found seven communities that are also named Saint Martin.

Within North Carolina, the name Saint Martin is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, four are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Manitoba
      • This Saint Martin lies 1,454 miles [2,340 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Saint Martin that is located in Stanly County.
    • Maryland
      • Worcester County
      • This Saint Martin is located in Worcester County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Saint Martin that is located in Stanly County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Saint Martin.
    • Minnesota
      • Stearns County
      • This Saint Martin is located in Stearns County and lies 1,032 miles [1,660.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Saint Martin that is located in Stanly County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stearns County community of Saint Martin.
    • Mississippi
      • Jackson County
      • This Saint Martin is located in Jackson County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Saint Martin that is located in Stanly County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Saint Martin.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Saint Martin lies 968 miles [1,557.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Saint Martin that is located in Stanly County.
    • Ohio
      • Brown County
      • This Saint Martin is located in Brown County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Saint Martin that is located in Stanly County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Saint Martin.
    • Quebec
      • 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 Quebec community of Saint Martin.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Martin ...

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.

  • Aquadale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Aquadale is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquadale
  • Big Lick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Big Lick is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lick
  • Cedar Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
  • Cottonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cottonville is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
  • Frog Pond
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Frog Pond is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Pond
  • Heathwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Heathwood is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
  • Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hills is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
  • Plyer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Plyer is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
  • Red Cross
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Red Cross is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people

How Far From Saint Martin 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 Saint Martin to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Albemarle, which is the Seat of Stanly County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Saint Martin to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 307 miles [494.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,891 miles [11,090 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,771 miles [7,678.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Saint Martin) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Saint Martin 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 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 Saint Martin 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 Saint Martin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2638, Longitude: -80.2728       In this case, the coordinates for Saint Martin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.893 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.182 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.271 degrees.