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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 Bay City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bay City and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bay City:
    • 35.179335, -76.770486
    • 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 Bay City
  • 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 Pamlico County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pamlico County
    • Since Bay City is near Beaufort County and also Craven County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Craven 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 Bay City

Communities Also Named Bay City ...

We found ten communities that are also named Bay City.

Within North Carolina, the name Bay City is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • La Plata County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in La Plata County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Plata County community of Bay City.
    • Florida
      • Franklin County
      • This Bay City is located in Franklin County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the Bay City that is located in Pamlico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Bay City.
      • Hernando County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bay City [Hernando County].
    • Illinois
      • Pope County
      • This Bay City is located in Pope County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Bay City that is located in Pamlico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Bay City.
    • Maryland
      • Queen Anne's County
      • This Bay City is located in Queen Anne's County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<2> to the north of the Bay City that is located in Pamlico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queen Anne's County community of Bay City.
    • Michigan
      • Bay County
      • This Bay City is located in Bay County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Bay City that is located in Pamlico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bay County community of Bay City.
    • Oregon
      • Tillamook County
      • This Bay City is located in Tillamook County and lies 2,540 miles [4,087.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Bay City that is located in Pamlico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tillamook County community of Bay City.
    • Texas
      • Matagorda County
      • This Bay City is located in Matagorda County and lies 1,199 miles [1,929.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Bay City that is located in Pamlico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Matagorda County community of Bay City.
    • Washington
      • Grays Harbor County
      • This Bay City is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 2,549 miles [4,102.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Bay City that is located in Pamlico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Bay City.
    • Wisconsin
      • Pierce County
      • This Bay City is located in Pierce County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Bay City that is located in Pamlico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Bay City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bay City ...

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.

  • Alliance
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Aurora
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Florence
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Florence is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Jones
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jones is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
  • Lynch Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lynch Beach is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Beach
  • Reads Chapel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Reads Chapel is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reads Chapel
  • Reelsboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Reelsboro is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsboro
  • Royal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Royal is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
  • Silver Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Silver Hill is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
  • Small
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Small is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Small
  • Stonewall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Stonewall is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
  • Swan Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Swan Corner is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Corner

How Far From Bay City 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 Bay City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bay City and extending to:

  • Bayboro, which is the Seat of Pamlico County, lies just to the South.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Bay City to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 257 miles [413.6 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,044 miles [9,726.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,731 miles [10,832.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,616 miles [7,428.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bay City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bay City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Bay City could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Bay City 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 Bay City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1793, Longitude: -76.7705       In this case, the coordinates for Bay City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.918 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.907 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.968 degrees.