Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Barretts Crossroads:
  • 36.472752, -77.055862
  • 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 Barretts Crossroads

• 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 Barretts Crossroads is near Southampton County and also Gates County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Southampton 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 Barretts Crossroads

Curious and Interesting Names Near Barretts Crossroads ...

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.

• California
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • California is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
• High Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • High Hill is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
• Mill Neck
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mill Neck is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Neck
• Milwaukee
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Milwaukee is located in Northampton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
• Mount Gallows
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Gallows is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallows
• Pleasant Plains
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Plains is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
• Storys
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Storys is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storys
• Sunbeam
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Sunbeam is located in Southampton County (VA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sunbeam
  • From Barretts Crossroads to Sunbeam
• Sweepstakes ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sweepstakes is located in Southampton County (VA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweepstakes
• Union
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Union is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

How Far From Barretts Crossroads 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 Barretts Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Winton, which is the Seat of Hertford County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Barretts Crossroads 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 167 miles [268.8 km] to the north (N). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,001 miles [9,657.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,695 miles [10,774.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,577 miles [7,366 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'