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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 Sunshine Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunshine Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Sunshine Park:
    • 34.784883, -79.438935
    • 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 Sunshine Park
  • 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 Scotland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Scotland County
    • Since Sunshine Park is near Robeson County and also Marlboro County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Robeson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marlboro 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 Sunshine Park

Communities Also Named Sunshine Park ...

We found three communities that are also named Sunshine Park.

Within North Carolina, the name Sunshine Park is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Broward County
      • This Sunshine Park is located in Broward County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the south of the Sunshine Park that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Sunshine Park.
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • This Sunshine Park is located in Jefferson County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the north of the Sunshine Park that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Sunshine Park.
      • Licking County
      • This Sunshine Park is located in Licking County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km] to the north northwest of the Sunshine Park that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Sunshine Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunshine Park ...

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.

  • Crossway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Crossway is located in Scotland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossway
  • Floral College
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Floral College is located in Robeson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral College
  • Hasty
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hasty is located in Scotland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
  • Ida Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ida Mill is located in Scotland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Mill
  • Johns
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Johns is located in Scotland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns
  • Lincoln Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Scotland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Sandy Bottoms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sandy Bottoms is located in Scotland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottoms
  • Sugar Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sugar Hill is located in Scotland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
  • Whispering Pines
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Whispering Pines is located in Scotland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
  • Woodrun
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodrun is located in Scotland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrun

How Far From Sunshine Park to ...

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 Sunshine Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunshine Park and extending to:

  • Laurinburg, which is the Seat of Scotland County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Sunshine Park to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 313 miles [503.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,178 miles [9,942.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,871 miles [11,057.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,754 miles [7,650.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Sunshine Park) 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 Sunshine Park 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 Sunshine Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7849, Longitude: -79.4389       In this case, the coordinates for Sunshine Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.42 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.57 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.097 degrees.