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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 Shadowlawn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shadowlawn 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 Shadowlawn:
    • 35.019608, -78.988085
    • 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 Shadowlawn
  • 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Shadowlawn is near Hoke County and also Robeson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hoke County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Robeson 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 Shadowlawn

Communities Also Named Shadowlawn ...

We found three communities that are also named Shadowlawn.

Within North Carolina, the name Shadowlawn is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Shadowlawn is located in Hillsborough County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Shadowlawn that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Shadowlawn.
      • Pinellas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Shadowlawn [Pinellas County].
    • Tennessee
      • Shelby County
      • This Shadowlawn is located in Shelby County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the west of the Shadowlawn that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Shadowlawn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shadowlawn ...

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.

  • Bordeaux
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Bordeaux is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
  • Chestnut Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Chestnut Hills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
  • Crystal Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Crystal Park is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Park
  • Ducks Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Ducks Landing is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducks Landing
  • Emerald Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Emerald Gardens is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Gardens
  • Glenhaven
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Glenhaven is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhaven
  • Hickory Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hickory Grove is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Quail Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Quail Ridge is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
  • Queensdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Queensdale is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensdale
  • Stoney Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Waters Edge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Waters Edge is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Edge
  • Winter Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Winter Park is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Park
  • Woods Edge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Woods Edge is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Edge

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

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

  • Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Shadowlawn to Raleigh, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 288 miles [463.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,148 miles [9,894.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,841 miles [11,009.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,723 miles [7,600.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shadowlawn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Shadowlawn 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Shadowlawn 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 Shadowlawn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0196, Longitude: -78.9881       In this case, the coordinates for Shadowlawn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.163 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.309 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.853 degrees.