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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 Booker T Washington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Booker T Washington 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 Booker T Washington:
- 35.249608, -77.577468
- 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 Booker T Washington
- 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 Lenoir County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir County
- Since Booker T Washington is near Jones County and also Craven County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jones 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 Booker T Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Booker T Washington ...
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.
- Club Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Club Pines is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club Pines
- Clubview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clubview is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubview
- George Washington Carver
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Georgetown is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Greenmead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenmead is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmead
- Grove Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grove Park is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Harveytown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Harveytown is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
- Howard Hights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Howard Hights is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Hights
- Liberty Hill Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill Park is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Park
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mary Beth Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mary Beth Park is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Beth Park
- Meadow Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Meadow Brook is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Parrott Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parrott Fork is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott Fork
- Rolling Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rolling Pines is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Pines
- Tarheel Courts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tarheel Courts is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarheel Courts
- Tower Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tower Heights is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Heights
How Far From Booker T Washington 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 Booker T Washington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Booker T Washington and extending to:
- Kinston, which is the Seat of Lenoir County, lies just to the North.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Booker T Washington to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>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 three full days. 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 253 miles [407.2 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,076 miles [9,778.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,766 miles [10,888.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,650 miles [7,483.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Booker T Washington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Booker T Washington 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 Booker T Washington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2496, Longitude: -77.5775 In this case, the coordinates for Booker T Washington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.365 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.429 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.245 degrees. |
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