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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 Sladesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sladesville 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 Sladesville:
- 35.463829, -76.489527
- 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 Sladesville
- 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 Hyde County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hyde County
- Since Sladesville is near Beaufort County and also Pamlico County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pamlico 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 Sladesville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sladesville ...
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.
- Hoophole Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hoophole Landing is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoophole Landing
- Leechville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Leechville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechville
- Lowland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lowland is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
- Mill Seat Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Seat Landing is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Seat Landing
- Oyster Creek Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Crest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pine Crest is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Piney Grove Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Piney Grove Landing is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove Landing
- Ransomville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rose Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rose Bay is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Bay
- Sandy Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sandy Landing is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Landing
- Schoolhouse Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Schoolhouse Landing is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoolhouse Landing
- Swan Quarter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Sladesville 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 Sladesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sladesville and extending to:
- Swan Quarter, which is the Seat of Hyde County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sladesville to Swan Quarter, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 122 miles [196.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 239 miles [384.6 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,019 miles [9,686.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,707 miles [10,793.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,592 miles [7,390.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Sladesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Sladesville 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 Sladesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4638, Longitude: -76.4895 In this case, the coordinates for Sladesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.751 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.759 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.764 degrees. |
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