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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 Cisco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cisco 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 Cisco:
    • 36.189880, -76.633835
    • 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 Cisco
  • 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 Cisco is near Perquimans County and also Bertie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Perquimans County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bertie 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 Cisco

Communities Also Named Cisco ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Cisco.

Within North Carolina, the name Cisco is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Carroll County
      • This Cisco is located in Carroll County and lies 937 miles [1,508 km]<1> to the west of the Cisco that is located in Chowan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Cisco.
    • British Columbia
      • This Cisco lies 2,414 miles [3,885 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cisco that is located in Chowan County.
    • California
      • Placer County
      • This Cisco is located in Placer County and lies 2,383 miles [3,835.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cisco that is located in Chowan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Cisco.
    • Georgia
      • Murray County
      • This Cisco is located in Murray County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the west of the Cisco that is located in Chowan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Murray County community of Cisco.
    • Illinois
      • Piatt County
      • This Cisco is located in Piatt County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cisco that is located in Chowan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piatt County community of Cisco.
    • Kentucky
      • Magoffin County
      • This Cisco is located in Magoffin County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cisco that is located in Chowan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Magoffin County community of Cisco.
    • Massachusetts
      • Nantucket County
      • This Cisco is located in Nantucket County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cisco that is located in Chowan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nantucket County community of Cisco.
    • Michigan
      • Mackinac 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 Michigan community of Cisco [Mackinac County].
    • Missouri
      • Livingston 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 Missouri community of Cisco [Livingston County].
    • Nebraska
      • Garden County
      • This Cisco is located in Garden County and lies 1,438 miles [2,314.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cisco that is located in Chowan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garden County community of Cisco.
    • Oklahoma
      • McCurtain 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 Oklahoma community of Cisco [McCurtain County].
    • Texas
      • Eastland County
      • This Cisco is located in Eastland County and lies 1,298 miles [2,088.9 km]<1> to the west of the Cisco that is located in Chowan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eastland County community of Cisco.
    • Utah
      • Grand County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Cisco [Grand County].
    • West Virginia
      • Ritchie County
      • This Cisco is located in Ritchie County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cisco that is located in Chowan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ritchie County community of Cisco.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cisco ...

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
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Barber is located in Chowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
  • Goose Pond
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Goose Pond is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Pond
  • Lloyd Crossroads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lloyd Crossroads is located in Hertford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Crossroads
  • Marys Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Marys Beach is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Beach
  • Mount Rose
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Rose is located in Chowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rose
  • Rockyhock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Rockyhock is located in Chowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockyhock
  • Sign Pine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Sign Pine is located in Chowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sign Pine
  • Snow Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Snow Hill is located in Perquimans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill

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

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

  • Edenton, which is the Seat of Chowan County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Cisco to Edenton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 115 miles [185.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 188 miles [302.6 km] to the north (N). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,995 miles [9,648 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,686 miles [10,760.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,569 miles [7,353.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Cisco) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Cisco 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cisco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Cisco 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 Cisco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1899, Longitude: -76.6338       In this case, the coordinates for Cisco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.802 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.926 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.56 degrees.