Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Ahoskie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ahoskie and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Ahoskie

• 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 Ahoskie:
  • 36.287363, -76.984944
  • 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 Ahoskie

• 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 Hertford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hertford County
  • Since Ahoskie is near Bertie County and also Gates County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bertie County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gates 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 Ahoskie

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ahoskie ...

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.

• Buzzards Crossroads
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Buzzards Crossroads is located in Bertie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Crossroads
• California
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • California is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
• Glovers Crossroads
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Glovers Crossroads is located in Bertie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glovers Crossroads
• Millennium
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Millennium is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millennium
• Mount Gallows
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Mount Gallows is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallows
• Pettys Shore
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Pettys Shore is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettys Shore
• Pleasant Plains
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Plains is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
• Poor Town
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Poor Town is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
• Rays Beach
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rays Beach is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Beach
• Trap
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Trap is located in Bertie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trap
• Union
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Union is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

How Far From Ahoskie 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 town such as Ahoskie to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ahoskie and extending to:

• Winton, which is the Seat of Hertford County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Ahoskie to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>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 180 miles [289.7 km] to the north (N). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,006 miles [9,665.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,699 miles [10,781 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,581 miles [7,372.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'