Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Stokes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stokes and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Stokes
- 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 Stokes:
- 36.142631, -81.202031
- 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 Stokes
- 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 Wilkes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wilkes County
- Since Stokes is near Alexander County and also Caldwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Alexander County
- eBird sighting report for Caldwell 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Stokes ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Stokes.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Stokes.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Caswell County
- Pitt County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Conecuh County
- This Stokes is located in Conecuh County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Stokes that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conecuh County community of Stokes.
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Stokes is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km] to the west southwest of the Stokes that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Stokes.
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Coahoma County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Stokes [Coahoma County].
- Madison County
- This Stokes is located in Madison County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Stokes that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Stokes.
- New York
- Ohio
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Stokes [Berkeley County].
- Clarendon County
- This Stokes is located in Clarendon County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Stokes that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarendon County community of Stokes.
- Colleton County
- This Stokes is located in Colleton County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km] to the south of the Stokes that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colleton County community of Stokes.
- Hampton County
- This Stokes is located in Hampton County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km] to the south of the Stokes that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton County community of Stokes.
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stokes ...
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.
- Boomer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Brown ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Buck
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Call
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Cricket
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Cricket Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cricket Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket Park
- Cricket Park is located in Wilkes County
- East Fruitland ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Fruitland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fruitland
- East Fruitland is located in Wilkes County
- Fairplains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairplains have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplains
- Fairplains is located in Wilkes County
- Fox Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wilkes County
- Mulberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Mulberry is located in Wilkes County
- Sunset Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Falls
- Sunset Falls is located in Wilkes County
- Wildwood Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Park
- Wildwood Park is located in Wilkes County
How Far From Stokes 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 Stokes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Stokes once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Stokes and extending to:
- Wilkesboro, which is the Seat of Wilkes County, lies just to the East.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Stokes to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 296 miles [476.4 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 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,898 miles [11,101.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,776 miles [7,686.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Wilkes County: www.wilkescounty.net/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
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 Stokes 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Stokes) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stokes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1426, Longitude: -81.2020 In this case, the coordinates for Stokes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stokes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Stokes 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 310.43 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.924 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.372 degrees. |