Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Shacktown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shacktown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Shacktown

• 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 Shacktown:
  • 36.116804, -80.593672
  • 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 Shacktown

• 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 Yadkin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Yadkin County
  • Since Shacktown is near Davie County and also Forsyth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Davie County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth 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 Shacktown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shacktown ...

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.

• Center
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Center is located in Yadkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
• Five Forks
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Five Forks is located in Yadkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
• Flint Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Flint Hill is located in Yadkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
• Footville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Footville is located in Yadkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
• Four Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Four Corners is located in Davie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
• Grapewood
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Grapewood is located in Forsyth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapewood
• Huntsville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
• Lone Hickory
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lone Hickory is located in Yadkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Hickory
• Mount Pleasant
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Poindexter
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Poindexter is located in Yadkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
• Shallow Ford
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Shallow Ford is located in Yadkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallow Ford
• Sugartown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Sugartown is located in Yadkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartown
• Union Cross
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Union Cross is located in Yadkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
• Union Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove

How Far From Shacktown 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 Shacktown to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Yadkinville, which is the Seat of Yadkin County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Shacktown to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>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 273 miles [439.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,170 miles [9,929.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,872 miles [11,059.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,750 miles [7,644.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'