Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Birchwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Birchwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Birchwood
- 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 Birchwood:
- 35.604049, -77.594417
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Birchwood
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Pitt County
- Since Birchwood is near Greene County and also Edgecombe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Greene County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Birchwood ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Birchwood.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Birchwood.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Birchwood lies 3,506 miles [5,642.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Birchwood that is located in Pitt County.
- Arkansas
- Connecticut
- Illinois
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Berrien County
- This Birchwood is located in Berrien County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Birchwood that is located in Pitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Birchwood.
- Cheboygan County
- This Birchwood is located in Cheboygan County and lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km] to the north northwest of the Birchwood that is located in Pitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Birchwood.
- Minnesota
- New York
- Ontario
- This Birchwood lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<1> to the north of the Birchwood that is located in Pitt County.
- Tennessee
- Hamilton County
- This Birchwood is located in Hamilton County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the west of the Birchwood that is located in Pitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Birchwood.
- Meigs County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Birchwood [Meigs County].
- Montgomery County
- This Birchwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km] to the west of the Birchwood that is located in Pitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Birchwood.
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Kewaunee County
- This Birchwood is located in Kewaunee County and lies 806 miles [1,297.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Birchwood that is located in Pitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kewaunee County community of Birchwood.
- Washburn County
- This Birchwood is located in Washburn County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km] to the northwest of the Birchwood that is located in Pitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washburn County community of Birchwood.
- Alaska
Curious and Interesting Names Near Birchwood ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - California
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for California have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- California is located in Pitt County
- Daisy Siding
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daisy Siding have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Siding
- Daisy Siding is located in Greene County
- Falkland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Farmville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Fountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Fountain is located in Pitt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain <4>
- Frog Level
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frog Level have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
- Frog Level is located in Pitt County
- Green Farm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Farm
- Green Farm is located in Pitt County
- Herrings Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herrings Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Greene County
- Kings Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossroads
- Kings Crossroads is located in Pitt County
- Lizzie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Rock Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring
- Rock Spring is located in Pitt County
- Sharp Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharp Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Willow Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Willow Creek is located in Greene County
How Far From Birchwood 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 Birchwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Birchwood and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Pitt County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Birchwood to Greenville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 59 miles [95 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 229 miles [368.5 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,062 miles [9,755.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,753 miles [10,867.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,636 miles [7,460.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Birchwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Pitt County: www.co.pitt.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Birchwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Birchwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6040, Longitude: -77.5944 In this case, the coordinates for Birchwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Birchwood 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Birchwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.364 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.481 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.132 degrees. |