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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 Savannah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Savannah 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 Savannah:
    • 35.341274, -77.515800
    • 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 Savannah
  • 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 Lenoir County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir County
    • Since Savannah is near Greene County and also Pitt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pitt 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 Savannah

Communities Also Named Savannah ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Savannah.

There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Savannah.

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

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Jackson County
      • This Savannah is located in Jackson County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the west of the Savannah that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Savannah.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Savannah [Los Angeles County].
    • Georgia
      • Chatham County
      • This Savannah is located in Chatham County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Savannah that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Savannah.
    • Iowa
      • Davis County
      • This Savannah is located in Davis County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Savannah that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Savannah.
    • Kansas
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Savannah [Jefferson County].
      • Pottawatomie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Savannah [Pottawatomie County].
    • Minnesota
      • Itasca County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Savannah [Itasca County].
    • Mississippi
      • Pearl River County
      • This Savannah is located in Pearl River County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Savannah that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pearl River County community of Savannah.
    • Missouri
      • Andrew County
      • This Savannah is located in Andrew County and lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Savannah that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Andrew County community of Savannah.
    • Nebraska
      • Butler County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Butler County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Savannah.
    • New York
      • Wayne County
      • This Savannah is located in Wayne County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<1> to the north of the Savannah that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Savannah.
    • Ohio
      • Ashland County
      • This Savannah is located in Ashland County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Savannah that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashland County community of Savannah.
    • Tennessee
      • Hardin County
      • This Savannah is located in Hardin County and lies 604 miles [972 km]<1> to the west of the Savannah that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Savannah.
    • Texas
      • Red River County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Savannah [Red River County].
    • Virginia
      • Alleghany County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Savannah [Alleghany County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Savannah ...

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.

  • Club Pines
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Club Pines is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club Pines
  • Clubview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Clubview is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubview
  • Fountain Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Fountain Hill is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Hill
  • George Washington Carver
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Georgetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Georgetown is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Greenmead
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenmead is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmead
  • Grove Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Grove Park is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
  • Harveytown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Harveytown is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
  • Howard Hights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Howard Hights is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Hights
  • Hugo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hugo is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
  • Liberty Hill Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Liberty Hill Park is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Park
  • Rolling Pines
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rolling Pines is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Pines
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Tanglewood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tanglewood is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Tarheel Courts
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Tarheel Courts is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarheel Courts
    • Tick Bite
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
    • Tower Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Tower Heights is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Heights

How Far From Savannah to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Savannah to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Kinston, which is the Seat of Lenoir County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Savannah to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>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 three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 246 miles [395.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,070 miles [9,768.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,760 miles [10,879.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,643 miles [7,472.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Savannah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Savannah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Savannah 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Savannah 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 Savannah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3413, Longitude: -77.5158       In this case, the coordinates for Savannah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.328 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.401 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.191 degrees.