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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Timberlake:
35.807096, -78.586947
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.
We found fifteen communities that share the name Timberlake.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Timberlake.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Cumberland County
This Timberlake is located in Cumberland County and lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Timberlake that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Timberlake.
Person County
This Timberlake is located in Person County and lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Timberlake that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Person County community of Timberlake.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Clayton County
This Timberlake is located in Clayton County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Timberlake that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Timberlake.
Maryland
Wicomico County
This Timberlake is located in Wicomico County and lies 238 miles [383 km]<1> to the northeast of the Timberlake that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Timberlake.
Ohio
Lake County
This Timberlake is located in Lake County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Timberlake that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Timberlake.
South Carolina
Greenville County
This Timberlake is located in Greenville County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Timberlake that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Timberlake.
Greenwood County
This Timberlake is located in Greenwood County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km] to the west southwest of the Timberlake that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Timberlake.
Oconee County
This Timberlake is located in Oconee County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km] to the west southwest of the Timberlake that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Timberlake.
Tennessee
Henderson County
This Timberlake is located in Henderson County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the west of the Timberlake that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Timberlake.
Knox County
This Timberlake is located in Knox County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km] to the west of the Timberlake that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Timberlake.
Rutherford County
This Timberlake is located in Rutherford County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km] to the west of the Timberlake that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Timberlake.
Washington County
This Timberlake is located in Washington County and lies 215 miles [346 km] to the west northwest of the Timberlake that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Timberlake.
Texas
Harris County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Timberlake [Harris County].
Virginia
Campbell County
This Timberlake is located in Campbell County and lies 110 miles [177 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Timberlake that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Timberlake.
West Virginia
Cabell County
This Timberlake is located in Cabell County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Timberlake that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabell County community of Timberlake.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Timberlake ...
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.
Cedar Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Timberlake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Timberlake and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the Seat of Wake County, lies just to the West Southwest.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 229 miles [368.5 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Timberlake to White House, with an average speed<4>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 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,097 miles [9,812.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,792 miles [10,930.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,673 miles [7,520.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Timberlake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Timberlake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8071, Longitude: -78.5869 In this case, the coordinates for Timberlake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Timberlake could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Timberlake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.921 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.148 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.444 degrees.