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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 Shine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shine 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 Shine:
- 35.440439, -77.791924
- 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 Shine
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Shine is near Wayne County and also Lenoir County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir 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 Shine
Communities Also Named Shine ...
We found one communities that are also named Shine.
Within North Carolina, the name Shine is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Shine in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Washington
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Shine [Jefferson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shine ...
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.
- Best
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Best is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Cokers Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cokers Crossroads is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokers Crossroads
- Eureka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Herrings Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Hill View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hill View is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill View
- Hood Swamp
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hood Swamp is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Swamp
- Institute
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Institute is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Institute
- Jason
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Mimosa Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mimosa Park is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
- Parkstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Parkstown is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkstown
- Ravenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ravenwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Shadetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shadetown is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadetown
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Snow Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Teakwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Teakwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teakwood
- Tiffany Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tiffany Gardens is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany Gardens
- Watery Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Watery Branch is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watery Branch
How Far From Shine to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Shine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Shine and extending to:
- Snow Hill, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the East.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Shine 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 242 miles [389.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,078 miles [9,781.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,769 miles [10,893.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,652 miles [7,486.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Shine 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Shine 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 Shine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4404, Longitude: -77.7919 In this case, the coordinates for Shine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.48 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.59 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.262 degrees. |
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