Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cape Colony, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cape Colony and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cape Colony

• 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 Cape Colony:
  • 36.019605, -76.581609
  • 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 Cape Colony

• 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 Chowan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chowan County
  • Since Cape Colony is near Washington County and also Perquimans County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Perquimans 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 Cape Colony

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cape Colony ...

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.

• Barber
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Barber is located in Chowan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
• Greenfield
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Greenfield is located in Chowan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
• Gregory Crossroads
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Gregory Crossroads is located in Bertie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Crossroads
• Merry Hill
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Merry Hill is located in Bertie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Hill
• Nixons Beach
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Nixons Beach is located in Chowan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixons Beach
• Pea Ridge
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pea Ridge is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
• Pleasant Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Grove is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
• Roper
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Roper is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roper <1>
• Skinnersville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Skinnersville is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinnersville
• Snug Harbor
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Snug Harbor is located in Perquimans County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor

How Far From Cape Colony to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cape Colony to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cape Colony and extending to:

• Edenton, which is the Seat of Chowan County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Cape Colony to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>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 200 miles [321.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,000 miles [9,656.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,690 miles [10,766.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,573 miles [7,359.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'