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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 Kennons, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kennons 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 Kennons:
- 36.560704, -77.852766
- 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 Kennons
- 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 Brunswick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick County
- Since Kennons is near Northampton County and also Halifax County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Halifax 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 Kennons
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kennons ...
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.
- Ante
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Cedar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Colony Club
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Colony Club is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Club
- Enterprise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Gasburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Greentown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greentown is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Gum Forks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gum Forks is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Forks
- Hicks Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hicks Mill is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Mill
- Joyceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Joyceville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyceville
- Littleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Merchant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Merchant is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merchant
- Paris Store
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Paris Store is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Store
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pea Hill Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pea Hill Shores is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Hill Shores
- Roper Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Roper Springs is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper Springs
- Slates Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Slates Corner is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slates Corner
- Triplet
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Triplet is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplet
- Valentines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Valentines is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentines
- Vineland ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Vineland is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
How Far From Kennons 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 Kennons to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Kennons once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Kennons and extending to:
- Lawrenceville, which is the Seat of Brunswick County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Kennons to Lawrenceville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 167 miles [268.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,032 miles [9,707.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,729 miles [10,829.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,609 miles [7,417.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kennons, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Kennons) 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 Kennons 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 Kennons. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5607, Longitude: -77.8528 In this case, the coordinates for Kennons have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.48 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.756 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.902 degrees. |
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