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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 Schlosstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Schlosstown 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 Schlosstown:
- 36.236260, -78.171936
- 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 Schlosstown
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Schlosstown is near Warren County and also Vance County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vance 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 Schlosstown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Schlosstown ...
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.
- Alert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Gold Sand
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gold Sand is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Sand
- Hickory Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hickory Rock is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Rock
- Inez
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Inez is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Lake View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Liberia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Liberia is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberia
- Lickskillet
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Marmaduke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marmaduke is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaduke
- Rocky Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rocky Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Sukey Young Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
How Far From Schlosstown 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 Schlosstown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Schlosstown once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Schlosstown and extending to:
- Louisburg, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Schlosstown to Louisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 40 miles [64.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,060 miles [9,752.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,756 miles [10,872.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,637 miles [7,462.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Schlosstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Schlosstown) 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 Schlosstown 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 Schlosstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2363, Longitude: -78.1719 In this case, the coordinates for Schlosstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.673 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.928 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.139 degrees. |
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