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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 Townsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Townsville 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 Townsville:
- 36.494484, -78.423094
- 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 Townsville
- 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 Granville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Granville County
- Since Townsville is near Vance County and also Mecklenburg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vance County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mecklenburg 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 Townsville
Communities Also Named Townsville ...
We found one communities that are also named Townsville.
Within North Carolina, the name Townsville is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Townsville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Butler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Townsville [Butler County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Townsville ...
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.
- Bullock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bullocksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bullocksville is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullocksville
- Fields Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fields Ferry is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Ferry
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Harris Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harris Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Crossroads
- Hicks Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hicks Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Crossroads
- Kellys Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kellys Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Crossroads
- Knotts Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knotts Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Crossroads
- Ponderosa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ponderosa is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Presbyterian Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Presbyterian Point is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presbyterian Point
- Rose Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tungsten
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tungsten is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tungsten
How Far From Townsville 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 Townsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Townsville and extending to:
- Oxford, which is the Seat of Granville County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Townsville to Oxford, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 50 miles [80.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 182 miles [292.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,060 miles [9,752.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,758 miles [10,875.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,637 miles [7,462.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Townsville 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Townsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Townsville 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 Townsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4945, Longitude: -78.4231 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.809 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.122 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.15 degrees. |
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