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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 Shannon Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shannon Park 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 Shannon Park:
    • 35.720972, -80.440057
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Shannon Park
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Shannon Park ...

We found four communities that share the name Shannon Park.

There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Shannon Park.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Mecklenburg County
      • This Shannon Park is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Shannon Park that is located in Rowan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Shannon Park.
    • Rockingham County
      • This Shannon Park is located in Rockingham County and lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Shannon Park that is located in Rowan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Shannon Park.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Shannon Park.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This Shannon Park is located in Berkeley County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<1> to the south of the Shannon Park that is located in Rowan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Shannon Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shannon Park ...

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.

  • Cedarcrest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarcrest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcrest
    • Cedarcrest is located in Rowan County
  • Churchland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Churchland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchland
    • Churchland is located in Davidson County
  • Eagle Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Heights
    • Eagle Heights is located in Rowan County
  • Franklin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Franklin is located in Rowan County
  • Grady Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grady Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady Heights
    • Grady Heights is located in Rowan County
  • Holly Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Park
    • Holly Park is located in Rowan County
  • Lakeview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lakeview is located in Davidson County
  • Lincoln Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Rowan County
  • Lockeland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lockeland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockeland
    • Lockeland is located in Rowan County
  • Meadowbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
    • Meadowbrook is located in Rowan County
  • Mocksville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mocksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mocksville
    • Mocksville is located in Rowan County
  • Rolling Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Rolling Hills is located in Rowan County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Salisbury
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Steel ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel
      • Steel is located in Rowan County
    • Sunrise Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Park
      • Sunrise Park is located in Rowan County
    • Trading Ford
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
      • Trading Ford is located in Rowan County

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

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

  • Salisbury, which is the Seat of Rowan County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Shannon Park to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 288 miles [463.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,181 miles [9,947.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,881 miles [11,073.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,759 miles [7,658.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shannon Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Rowan County: www.co.rowan.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Shannon Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shannon Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7210, Longitude: -80.4401       In this case, the coordinates for Shannon Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Shannon Park 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Shannon Park 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 309.987 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.356 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.197 degrees.




 

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