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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 Ausbon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ausbon 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 Ausbon:
- 35.804884, -76.764111
- 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 Ausbon
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Ausbon is near Martin County and also Bertie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bertie 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 Ausbon
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ausbon ...
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.
- Farmlife
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Farmlife is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmlife
- Green Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Hoke
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hoke is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoke
- Jamesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pike Road
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pike Road is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Road
- Pine Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Ridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Pleasant Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Plymouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Roper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sixth Siding
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sixth Siding is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixth Siding
- Union Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
How Far From Ausbon 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 Ausbon 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 Ausbon once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Ausbon and extending to:
- Plymouth, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 105 miles [169 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Ausbon to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>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 214 miles [344.4 km] to the north (N). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,017 miles [9,683.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,707 miles [10,793.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,590 miles [7,386.9 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 Ausbon, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ausbon) 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 Ausbon 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 Ausbon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8049, Longitude: -76.7641 In this case, the coordinates for Ausbon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.891 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.97 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.747 degrees. |
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