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 Stoneridge:
35.828762, -78.717505
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 Stoneridge
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 Wake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found ten communities that are also named Stoneridge.
There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Stoneridge.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Orange County
This Stoneridge is located in Orange County and lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stoneridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Stoneridge.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Stoneridge is located in Jefferson County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stoneridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Stoneridge.
Delaware
New Castle County
This Stoneridge is located in New Castle County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Stoneridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Stoneridge.
Georgia
Clayton County
This Stoneridge is located in Clayton County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stoneridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Stoneridge.
Maryland
Montgomery County
This Stoneridge is located in Montgomery County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Stoneridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Stoneridge.
Missouri
Stone County
This Stoneridge is located in Stone County and lies 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<1> to the west of the Stoneridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stone County community of Stoneridge.
New Brunswick
This Stoneridge lies 935 miles [1,504.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stoneridge that is located in Wake County.
Ontario
This Stoneridge lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<1> to the north of the Stoneridge that is located in Wake County.
Tennessee
Hamilton County
This Stoneridge is located in Hamilton County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the west of the Stoneridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Stoneridge.
Virginia
Prince William County
This Stoneridge is located in Prince William County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Stoneridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Stoneridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stoneridge ...
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.
Chestnut Hills (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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 Stoneridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stoneridge and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies just to the southeast (SE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Stoneridge to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,101 miles [9,818.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,678 miles [7,528.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stoneridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Stoneridge 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 Stoneridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8288, Longitude: -78.7175 In this case, the coordinates for Stoneridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.995 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.236 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.488 degrees.