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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 Tabor City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tabor City and the surrounding area.
- 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 Tabor City:
- 34.148708, -78.876614
- 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 Tabor City
- 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 Columbus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbus County
- Since Tabor City is near Horry County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Horry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Tabor City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tabor City ...
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.
- Cribb Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cribb Town is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
- Glenn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glenn is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Green Sea
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Howard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Howard is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Ironhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Live Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Live Oak is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
- New Life
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Life is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Life
- Princeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Princeville is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
- Roseland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Roseland is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Sandy Plain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Plain is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Plain
- Snowhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Snowhill is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowhill
- Vinegar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vinegar Hill is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Hill
How Far From Tabor City 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 town such as Tabor City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tabor City and extending to:
- Whiteville, which is the Seat of Columbus County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tabor City to Whiteville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 343 miles [552 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,181 miles [9,947.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,754 miles [7,650.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tabor City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tabor City 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 Tabor City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1487, Longitude: -78.8766 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.109 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.12 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.083 degrees. |
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