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 Stonehaven:
35.168200, -80.779792
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 Stonehaven
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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Stonehaven.
Within North Carolina, the name Stonehaven is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
New Castle County
This Stonehaven is located in New Castle County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stonehaven that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Stonehaven.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Stonehaven is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stonehaven that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Stonehaven.
Massachusetts
Essex County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Stonehaven [Essex County].
New Brunswick
This Stonehaven lies 1,175 miles [1,891 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stonehaven that is located in Mecklenburg County.
New Mexico
Union County
Although located in Union County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Stonehaven.
South Carolina
Anderson County
This Stonehaven is located in Anderson County and lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stonehaven that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Stonehaven.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stonehaven ...
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.
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 Stonehaven to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stonehaven and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Stonehaven to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 329 miles [529.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,220 miles [10,010.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,918 miles [11,133.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,798 miles [7,721.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Stonehaven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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 Stonehaven, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Stonehaven 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 Stonehaven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1682, Longitude: -80.7798 In this case, the coordinates for Stonehaven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.185 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.503 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.497 degrees.