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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 Sassers Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sassers Mill 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 Sassers Mill:
    • 35.137476, -77.444685
    • 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 Sassers Mill
  • 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 Jones County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
    • Since Sassers Mill is near Craven County and also Lenoir County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Craven County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir 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 Sassers Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sassers Mill ...

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.

  • Booker T Washington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Booker T Washington is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker T Washington
  • Comfort
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Cove City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Dover
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Elm Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Elm Grove is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
  • Georgetown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Georgetown is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Grove Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Grove Park is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
  • Meadow Brook
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadow Brook is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
  • Pleasant Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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How Far From Sassers Mill 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 Sassers Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sassers Mill and extending to:

  • Trenton, which is the Seat of Jones County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Sassers Mill to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 260 miles [418.4 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,075 miles [9,776.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,764 miles [10,885.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,648 miles [7,480.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Sassers Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Sassers Mill 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 Sassers Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1375, Longitude: -77.4447       In this case, the coordinates for Sassers Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.294 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.331 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.233 degrees.