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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 Sarem, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sarem 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 Sarem:
- 36.483487, -76.791624
- 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 Sarem
- 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 Gates County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gates County
- Since Sarem is near Suffolk City and also Hertford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suffolk City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hertford 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 Sarem
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sarem ...
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.
- Drum Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Drum Hill is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum Hill
- Eleanors Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eleanors Crossroads is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanors Crossroads
- Factory Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Factory Hill is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Hill
- Flat Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Branch is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
- Gates
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gatesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rays Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rays Beach is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Beach
- Savages Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Savages Crossroads is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savages Crossroads
- Storys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Storys is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storys
- Tarheel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tarheel is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarheel
How Far From Sarem 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 Sarem to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sarem and extending to:
- Gatesville, which is the Seat of Gates County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Sarem to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 167 miles [268.8 km] to the north (N). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,989 miles [9,638.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,683 miles [10,755.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,564 miles [7,345 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sarem) 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 Sarem 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 Sarem. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4835, Longitude: -76.7916 In this case, the coordinates for Sarem have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.878 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.058 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.515 degrees. |
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