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 Welcome:
35.903784, -80.256984
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 23 communities that share the name Welcome.
Within North Carolina, the name Welcome is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 22 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Columbia County
This Welcome is located in Columbia County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the west of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Welcome.
Pope County
This Welcome is located in Pope County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km] to the west of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Welcome.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Welcome is located in Hillsborough County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Welcome.
Georgia
Coweta County
This Welcome is located in Coweta County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Welcome.
Kansas
Cloud 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 Kansas community of Welcome [Cloud County].
Geary 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 Kansas community of Welcome [Geary County].
Rooks 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 Kansas community of Welcome [Rooks County].
Kentucky
Butler County
This Welcome is located in Butler County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Welcome.
Louisiana
Saint James Parish
This Welcome is located in Saint James Parish and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint James Parish community of Welcome.
Saint John the Baptist Parish
This Welcome is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km] to the west southwest of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint John the Baptist Parish community of Welcome.
Maryland
Charles 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 Maryland community of Welcome [Charles County].
Minnesota
Martin County
This Welcome is located in Martin County and lies 929 miles [1,495.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Welcome.
Mississippi
Scott 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 Mississippi community of Welcome [Scott County].
Nevada
Elko County
This Welcome is located in Elko County and lies 1,903 miles [3,062.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Welcome.
New York
Otsego County
This Welcome is located in Otsego County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otsego County community of Welcome.
Ohio
Holmes County
This Welcome is located in Holmes County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of Welcome.
Ontario
This Welcome lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the north of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
South Carolina
Anderson County
This Welcome is located in Anderson County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Welcome.
Greenville County
This Welcome is located in Greenville County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km] to the west southwest of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Welcome.
Texas
Austin County
This Welcome is located in Austin County and lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Austin County community of Welcome.
Virginia
King George County
This Welcome is located in King George County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the northeast of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King George County community of Welcome.
Washington
Whatcom County
This Welcome is located in Whatcom County and lies 2,281 miles [3,670.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Welcome that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Welcome.
West Virginia
Marshall 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 West Virginia community of Welcome [Marshall County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Welcome ...
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.
Arnold (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arnold have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Reedy Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
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 Welcome to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Welcome and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Welcome to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>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 most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 271 miles [436.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,165 miles [9,921.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,865 miles [11,048.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,744 miles [7,634.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Welcome) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Welcome. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9038, Longitude: -80.2570
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Welcome 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>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Welcome to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.88 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.26 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.068 degrees.