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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Scotia:
35.859608, -76.217148
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.
We found eleven communities that share the name Scotia.
Within North Carolina, the name Scotia is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Pope County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Scotia [Pope County].
California
Humboldt County
This Scotia is located in Humboldt County and lies 2,587 miles [4,163.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Scotia that is located in Tyrrell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Scotia.
Kentucky
Letcher 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 Kentucky community of Scotia [Letcher County].
Missouri
Crawford County
This Scotia is located in Crawford County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Scotia that is located in Tyrrell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Scotia.
Nebraska
Greeley County
This Scotia is located in Greeley County and lies 1,268 miles [2,040.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Scotia that is located in Tyrrell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greeley County community of Scotia.
New York
Schenectady County
This Scotia is located in Schenectady County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Scotia that is located in Tyrrell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schenectady County community of Scotia.
Ontario
This Scotia lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Scotia that is located in Tyrrell County.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Scotia [Allegheny County].
Centre County
This Scotia is located in Centre County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Scotia that is located in Tyrrell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Scotia.
South Carolina
Hampton County
This Scotia is located in Hampton County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<2> to the southwest of the Scotia that is located in Tyrrell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton County community of Scotia.
Washington
Pend Oreille County
This Scotia is located in Pend Oreille County and lies 2,233 miles [3,593.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Scotia that is located in Tyrrell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pend Oreille County community of Scotia.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Scotia ...
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.
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 Scotia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Scotia and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Scotia to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 214 miles [344.4 km] to the north (N). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,990 miles [9,640 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,563 miles [7,343.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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 Scotia, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Scotia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Scotia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8596, Longitude: -76.2171 In this case, the coordinates for Scotia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Scotia 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>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Scotia to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.583 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.627 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.521 degrees.