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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 Spilona, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spilona 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 Spilona:
- 35.488494, -78.471950
- 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 Spilona
- 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 Johnston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnston County
- Since Spilona is near Harnett County and also Wake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harnett County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wake 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 Spilona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spilona ...
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.
- Castlehaven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Castlehaven is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlehaven
- Coats
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coats Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coats Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats Crossroads
- Eden Woods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eden Woods is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Woods
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Four Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lees Mill is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
- Mount Pleasant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Noble Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Noble Hills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Hills
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Oliver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oliver is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Peacocks Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Peacocks Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Crossroads
- Pine Level
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rollingwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rollingwood is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Willow Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Springs is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Woods Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Woods Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Crossroads
How Far From Spilona 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 Spilona to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spilona and extending to:
- Smithfield, which is the Seat of Johnston County, lies just to the East.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Spilona to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 248 miles [399.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,105 miles [9,825 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,799 miles [10,941.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,681 miles [7,533.3 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 '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- Spilona) 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 Spilona 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 Spilona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4885, Longitude: -78.4720 In this case, the coordinates for Spilona have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.863 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.035 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.505 degrees. |
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