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 Strickland Crossroads:
35.367663, -78.367225
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 Strickland Crossroads
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:
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 Strickland Crossroads
Communities Also Named Strickland Crossroads ...
We found two communities that are also named Strickland Crossroads.
There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Strickland Crossroads.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Strickland Crossroads in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Nash County
This Strickland Crossroads is located in Nash County and lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Strickland Crossroads that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nash County community of Strickland Crossroads.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Coosa County
This Strickland Crossroads is located in Coosa County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Strickland Crossroads that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coosa County community of Strickland Crossroads.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Strickland Crossroads ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Strickland Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Strickland Crossroads and extending to:
Smithfield, which is the Seat of Johnston County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Strickland Crossroads to Smithfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 254 miles [408.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,106 miles [9,826.7 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 east northeast (ENE).<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>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Strickland Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Strickland Crossroads 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 Strickland Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3677, Longitude: -78.3672 In this case, the coordinates for Strickland Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.806 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.952 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.505 degrees.