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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 Samaria, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Samaria 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 Samaria:
    • 35.859877, -78.178327
    • 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 Samaria
  • 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 Nash County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nash County
    • Since Samaria is near Franklin County and also Wilson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson 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 Samaria

Communities Also Named Samaria ...

We found ten communities that are also named Samaria.

Within North Carolina, the name Samaria is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chilton County
      • This Samaria is located in Chilton County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Samaria that is located in Nash County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chilton County community of Samaria.
    • Idaho
      • Oneida County
      • This Samaria is located in Oneida County and lies 1,870 miles [3,009.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Samaria that is located in Nash County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Samaria.
    • Indiana
      • Johnson County
      • This Samaria is located in Johnson County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Samaria that is located in Nash County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Samaria.
    • Kansas
      • Montgomery County
      • 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 Kansas community of Samaria [Montgomery County].
    • Kentucky
      • Greenup County
      • This Samaria is located in Greenup County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Samaria that is located in Nash County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenup County community of Samaria.
    • Michigan
      • Monroe County
      • This Samaria is located in Monroe County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Samaria that is located in Nash County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Samaria.
    • South Carolina
      • Lexington County
      • This Samaria is located in Lexington County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the southwest of the Samaria that is located in Nash County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Samaria.
    • Tennessee
      • Putnam County
      • This Samaria is located in Putnam County and lies 412 miles [663 km]<1> to the west of the Samaria that is located in Nash County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Samaria.
    • Texas
      • Navarro County
      • This Samaria is located in Navarro County and lies 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km]<1> to the west of the Samaria that is located in Nash County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Samaria.
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • This Samaria is located in Marion County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Samaria that is located in Nash County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Samaria.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Samaria ...

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.

  • Daddysville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Daddysville is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daddysville
  • Floods Chapel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
  • Gold Valley Crossroads
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Middlesex
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Middlesex is located in Nash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Pilot
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Pilot is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot
  • Pine Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Ridge is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
  • Rocky Cross
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
  • Rogers Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
  • Social Plains
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Social Plains is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Plains
  • Union Hope
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Hope is located in Nash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope

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

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

  • Nashville, which is the Seat of Nash County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Samaria to Nashville, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 26 miles [41.8 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 218 miles [350.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,077 miles [9,780 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,771 miles [10,896.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,652 miles [7,486.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Samaria) 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 Samaria 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 Samaria 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 Samaria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8599, Longitude: -78.1783       In this case, the coordinates for Samaria have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.687 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.889 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.269 degrees.