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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 Camp Don-Lee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camp Don-Lee 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 Camp Don-Lee:
- 34.974327, -76.787713
- 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 Camp Don-Lee
- 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 Camp Don-Lee is near Craven County and also Carteret County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craven County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carteret 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 Camp Don-Lee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Camp Don-Lee ...
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.
- Bachelor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bachelor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
- Blades
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blades is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
- Camp Seagull
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Camp Seagull is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Seagull
- Cherry Point ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Point is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point
- Cherry Point has also been known as:
- Cherry Point Landing
- Cherrypoint Landing
- Cherrypoint
- Craven Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Craven Corner is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven Corner
- Great Neck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Great Neck is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck
- Kennel Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kennel Beach is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennel Beach
- Minnesott Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Minnesott Beach is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesott Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Oriental
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Camp Don-Lee 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 Camp Don-Lee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Camp Don-Lee and extending to:
- Bayboro, which is the Seat of Pamlico County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Camp Don-Lee to Bayboro, with an average speed<3> 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 118 miles [189.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 271 miles [436.1 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,053 miles [9,741.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,739 miles [10,845.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,625 miles [7,443.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Camp Don-Lee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Camp Don-Lee 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 Camp Don-Lee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9743, Longitude: -76.7877 In this case, the coordinates for Camp Don-Lee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.934 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.895 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.045 degrees. |
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