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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 Tiffany Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tiffany Gardens 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 Tiffany Gardens:
    • 35.378495, -77.913595
    • 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 Tiffany Gardens
  • 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Since Tiffany Gardens is near Greene County and also Lenoir County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir 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 Tiffany Gardens

Communities Also Named Tiffany Gardens ...

We found one communities that are also named Tiffany Gardens.

Within North Carolina, the name Tiffany Gardens is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Tiffany Gardens in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Tiffany Gardens is located in Harris County and lies 1,094 miles [1,760.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tiffany Gardens that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Tiffany Gardens.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tiffany Gardens ...

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.

  • Best
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Best is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
  • Cokers Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cokers Crossroads is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokers Crossroads
  • Green Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Green Meadows is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Greenleaf
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
  • Hood Swamp
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hood Swamp is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Swamp
  • Irongate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Irongate is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irongate
  • Mimosa Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Mimosa Park is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
  • Pleasant View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant View is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Ravenwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Ravenwood is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
  • Sandy Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy Springs is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
  • Teakwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Teakwood is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teakwood

How Far From Tiffany Gardens 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 community such as Tiffany Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Goldsboro, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the West.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Tiffany Gardens to Raleigh, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 247 miles [397.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,086 miles [9,794.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,777 miles [10,906.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,660 miles [7,499.5 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- Tiffany Gardens) 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 Tiffany Gardens 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 Tiffany Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3785, Longitude: -77.9136       In this case, the coordinates for Tiffany Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.55 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.661 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.329 degrees.