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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 Baywood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Baywood 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 Baywood:
    • 35.546829, -77.390520
    • 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 Baywood
  • 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 Baywood is near Greene County and also Lenoir 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 Lenoir 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 Baywood

Communities Also Named Baywood ...

We found nine communities that are also named Baywood.

Within North Carolina, the name Baywood is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Mateo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Baywood [San Mateo County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Baywood is located in Hillsborough County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Baywood that is located in Pitt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Baywood.
      • Putnam County
      • This Baywood is located in Putnam County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km] to the southwest of the Baywood that is located in Pitt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Baywood.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Baywood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Baywood that is located in Pitt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Baywood.
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean County
      • This Baywood is located in Ocean County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Baywood that is located in Pitt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Baywood.
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Baywood is located in Suffolk County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Baywood that is located in Pitt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Baywood.
    • Ohio
      • Clermont County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Clermont County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Baywood.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Baywood [Harris County].
    • Virginia
      • Grayson County
      • This Baywood is located in Grayson County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Baywood that is located in Pitt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Baywood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Baywood ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Camelot is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Cannon Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cannon Crossroads is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Crossroads
  • Cherry Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherry Oaks is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Oaks
  • Club Pines
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Club Pines is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club Pines
  • Evans Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Evans Park is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
  • Frog Level
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Frog Level is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
  • Heritage Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Heritage Village is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
  • Lynndale
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lynndale is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynndale
  • Planters Walk
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Planters Walk is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planters Walk
  • Quail Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Quail Ridge is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
  • Red Oak
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Oak is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
  • Robinson Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Robinson Heights is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Heights
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Rollingwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Rollingwood is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
    • Shamrock Terrace
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Shamrock Terrace is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Terrace
    • Treetops
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Treetops is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treetops
    • Windy Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Windy Ridge is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Ridge
    • Winterville
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)

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

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

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Pitt County, lies just to the North.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Baywood to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>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 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 232 miles [373.4 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,055 miles [9,744.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,746 miles [10,856.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,629 miles [7,449.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Baywood 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.
<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- Baywood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Baywood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Baywood 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 Baywood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5468, Longitude: -77.3905       In this case, the coordinates for Baywood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.252 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.344 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.074 degrees.