Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Batts Court:
  • 35.604605, -77.478579
  • 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 Batts Court

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Batts Court ...

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.

• Bruce
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bruce is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
• California
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • California is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
• Club Pines
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Club Pines is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club Pines
• Evans Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Evans Park is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
• Frog Level
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Frog Level is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
• Green Farm
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Green Farm is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Farm
• Greenville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Greenville is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,779 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <1>
• Greenville Heights
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Greenville Heights is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Heights
• Higgs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Higgs is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgs
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Kings Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kings Crossroads is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossroads
  • Lincoln Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Lynndale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Lynndale is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynndale
  • Red Oak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Oak is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
  • Rock Spring
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Spring is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring
  • Rollingwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rollingwood is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood

How Far From Batts Court 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 Batts Court to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Greenville, which is the Seat of Pitt County, lies just to the East.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Batts Court to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 228 miles [366.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,057 miles [9,747.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,748 miles [10,859.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,631 miles [7,452.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'