Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Appie:
  • 35.595993, -77.744978
  • 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 Appie

• 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
  • Since Appie is near Wilson County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Appie

Curious and Interesting Names Near Appie ...

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.

• Birchwood
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Birchwood is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
• Daisy Siding
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Daisy Siding is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Siding
• Drivers Store
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Drivers Store is located in Wilson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drivers Store
• Eureka
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Eureka is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
• Farmville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Farmville is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
• Fountain
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Fountain is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain <1>
• Herrings Crossroads
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Herrings Crossroads is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
• Lizzie
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lizzie is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzie
• Sun
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sun is located in Wilson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
• Watery Branch
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Watery Branch is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watery Branch

How Far From Appie to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Appie and extending to:

• Snow Hill, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Appie to Snow Hill, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 231 miles [371.8 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,069 miles [9,767.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,761 miles [10,880.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,643 miles [7,472.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'