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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 Williamsburg Manor:
35.765152, -78.748339
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We found five communities that share the name Williamsburg Manor.
Within North Carolina, the name Williamsburg Manor is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Chatham County
This Williamsburg Manor is located in Chatham County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Williamsburg Manor that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Williamsburg Manor.
Indiana
Porter County
This Williamsburg Manor is located in Porter County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Williamsburg Manor that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Porter County community of Williamsburg Manor.
South Carolina
Anderson County
This Williamsburg Manor is located in Anderson County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Williamsburg Manor that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Williamsburg Manor.
Virginia
Amherst County
This Williamsburg Manor is located in Amherst County and lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the north of the Williamsburg Manor that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Williamsburg Manor.
Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Williamsburg Manor [Fairfax County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Williamsburg Manor ...
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 Creek (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Williamsburg Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Williamsburg Manor and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Williamsburg Manor 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 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,106 miles [9,826.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,682 miles [7,534.9 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- Williamsburg Manor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Williamsburg Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7652, Longitude: -78.7483 In this case, the coordinates for Williamsburg Manor 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 Williamsburg Manor 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 Williamsburg Manor 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 309.014 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.249 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.521 degrees.