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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 Carver Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carver Heights and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Carver Heights:
    • 35.365995, -78.001099
    • 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 Carver Heights
  • 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Since Carver Heights is near Johnston County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnston County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Carver Heights

Communities Also Named Carver Heights ...

We found four communities that are also named Carver Heights.

Within North Carolina, the name Carver Heights is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Broward County
      • This Carver Heights is located in Broward County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Carver Heights that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Carver Heights.
    • Georgia
      • Muscogee County
      • This Carver Heights is located in Muscogee County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Carver Heights that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Carver Heights.
    • Maryland
      • Saint Mary's 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 Maryland community of Carver Heights [Saint Mary's County].
    • South Carolina
      • Richland 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 South Carolina community of Carver Heights [Richland County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carver Heights ...

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.

  • Foxfire
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Foxfire is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
  • Green Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Green Meadows is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Greenleaf
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
  • Irongate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Irongate is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irongate
  • Mimosa Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mimosa Park is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
  • Pleasant View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant View is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Ravenwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Ravenwood is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
  • Rosewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosewood is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
  • Sandy Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Springs is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
  • Spring Hope
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Hope is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hope
  • Teakwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Teakwood is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teakwood
  • Tiffany Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Tiffany Gardens is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany Gardens

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

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

  • Goldsboro, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the North.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Carver Heights to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 249 miles [400.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,090 miles [9,800.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,782 miles [10,914.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,664 miles [7,506 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carver Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Carver Heights 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>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 Carver Heights 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 Carver Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3660, Longitude: -78.0011       In this case, the coordinates for Carver Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.60 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.715 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.366 degrees.