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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 Battleboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Battleboro 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 Battleboro:
- 36.048955, -77.748886
- 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 Battleboro
- 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 Edgecombe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edgecombe County
- Since Battleboro is near Nash County and also Halifax County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nash 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 Battleboro
Curious and Interesting Names Near Battleboro ...
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.
- Brake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brake is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brake
- Cherry Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cherry Crossroads is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Crossroads
- Forest Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Oaks is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Gethsemane
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Glenview is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
- Gold Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hickory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- High Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- High Meadows is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
- Little Easonburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Easonburg
- Meadow Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Meadow Brook is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Red Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Red Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
- Rocky Mount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Woodgreen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Woodgreen is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodgreen
How Far From Battleboro 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 Battleboro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Battleboro and extending to:
- Tarboro, which is the Seat of Edgecombe County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Battleboro to Tarboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 53 miles [85.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 200 miles [321.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,050 miles [9,736.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,744 miles [10,853.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,625 miles [7,443.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Battleboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Battleboro 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 Battleboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0490, Longitude: -77.7489 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.438 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.632 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.039 degrees. |
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