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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 Whites Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whites Crossing 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 Whites Crossing:
    • 34.225447, -78.719184
    • 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 Whites Crossing
  • 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 Columbus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbus County
    • Since Whites Crossing is near Horry County and also Brunswick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Horry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick 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 Whites Crossing

Communities Also Named Whites Crossing ...

We found four communities that are also named Whites Crossing.

Within North Carolina, the name Whites Crossing is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Greene 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 Indiana community of Whites Crossing [Greene County].
    • Mississippi
      • Stone County
      • This Whites Crossing is located in Stone County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Whites Crossing that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stone County community of Whites Crossing.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lackawanna County
      • This Whites Crossing is located in Lackawanna County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Whites Crossing that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Whites Crossing.
    • Utah
      • Morgan County
      • This Whites Crossing is located in Morgan County and lies 1,849 miles [2,975.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Whites Crossing that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Whites Crossing.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whites Crossing ...

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.

  • Cribb Town
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cribb Town is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
  • Cypress Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cypress Creek is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
  • Honey Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Honey Hill is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hill
  • Ironhill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ironhill is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
  • Mark Pine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Mark Pine is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Pine
  • Needmore
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Needmore is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Nobles Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Nobles Crossing is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobles Crossing
  • Pine Log
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pine Log is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log
  • Pleasant Plains
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Plains is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
  • Potters Curve
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Potters Curve is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Curve
  • Roseland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Roseland is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
  • Vinegar Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Vinegar Hill is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Hill

How Far From Whites Crossing to ...

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 Whites Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Whiteville, which is the Seat of Columbus County, lies just to the North.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Whites Crossing 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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 335 miles [539.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,171 miles [9,931.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,859 miles [11,038.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,744 miles [7,634.7 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 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 Whites Crossing 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Whites Crossing) 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 Whites Crossing 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 Whites Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2254, Longitude: -78.7192       In this case, the coordinates for Whites Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.021 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.03 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.002 degrees.