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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 Waltons Store, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Waltons Store 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 Waltons Store:
    • 34.738776, -77.508301
    • 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 Waltons Store
  • 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 Onslow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Onslow County
    • Since Waltons Store is near Duplin County and also Pender County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Duplin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pender 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 Waltons Store

Communities Also Named Waltons Store ...

We found two communities that are also named Waltons Store.

Within North Carolina, the name Waltons Store is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Bedford 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 Virginia community of Waltons Store [Bedford County].
      • Louisa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Waltons Store [Louisa County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Waltons Store ...

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.

  • Branchwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Branchwood is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchwood
  • Catherine Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Catherine Lake is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Lake
  • Cedar Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Creek is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
  • Forest Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Forest Grove is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
  • Georgetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Georgetown is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Greystone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Greystone is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
  • Half Moon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Half Moon is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
  • Hawkside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hawkside is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkside
  • Haws Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Haws Run is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haws Run
  • Houston Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Houston Heights is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Heights
  • Oak Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Oak Grove is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Paradise Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Paradise Park is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Raintree
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Raintree is located in Onslow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
    • Shamrock Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
    • Tar Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Tar Landing is located in Onslow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Landing
    • Willow Woods
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Willow Woods is located in Onslow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Woods

How Far From Waltons Store 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 Waltons Store to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Waltons Store and extending to:

  • Jacksonville, which is the Seat of Onslow County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Waltons Store to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 288 miles [463.5 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,095 miles [9,809 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,782 miles [10,914.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,668 miles [7,512.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Waltons Store 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>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 from Point A (ie- Waltons Store) 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 Waltons Store 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 Waltons Store. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7388, Longitude: -77.5083       In this case, the coordinates for Waltons Store have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.34 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.325 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.39 degrees.