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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 Still Bluff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Still Bluff 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 Still Bluff:
- 34.431834, -78.146107
- 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 Still Bluff
- 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 Pender County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pender County
- Since Still Bluff is near Bladen County and also Brunswick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bladen County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick 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 Still Bluff
Curious and Interesting Names Near Still Bluff ...
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.
- Acme
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Acme is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Delco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gooseneck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gooseneck is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseneck
- Highsmith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Highsmith is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highsmith
- Long Bluff Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Long Bluff Landing is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bluff Landing
- Long Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Long Creek is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
- Long View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Long View is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
- Piney Wood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Piney Wood is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Wood
- Red Star Camp
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Red Star Camp is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star Camp
- Rooks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rooks is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rooks
- Sparkleberry Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sparkleberry Landing is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkleberry Landing
How Far From Still Bluff 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 Still Bluff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Still Bluff and extending to:
- Burgaw, which is the Seat of Pender County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Still Bluff to Burgaw, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 314 miles [505.3 km] to the north (N). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,137 miles [9,876.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,824 miles [10,982.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,709 miles [7,578.4 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' (or 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- Still Bluff) 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 Still Bluff 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 Still Bluff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4318, Longitude: -78.1461 In this case, the coordinates for Still Bluff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.699 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.692 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.725 degrees. |
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