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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 Cobb Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cobb Town 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 Cobb Town:
- 35.720158, -77.601084
- 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 Cobb Town
- 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 Edgecombe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edgecombe County
- Since Cobb Town is near Pitt County and also Wilson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pitt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson 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 Cobb Town
Communities Also Named Cobb Town ...
We found one communities that are also named Cobb Town.
Within North Carolina, the name Cobb Town is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Cobb Town in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Calhoun County
- This Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cobb Town that is located in Edgecombe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Cobb Town.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cobb Town ...
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.
- Bruce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bruce is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- California
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- California is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Crisp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crisp is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Falkland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Fountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hollands
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hollands is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands
- Kings Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Crossroads is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossroads
- Penny Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Penny Hill is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penny Hill
- Pinetops
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp Point
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
How Far From Cobb Town 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 Cobb Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cobb Town and extending to:
- Tarboro, which is the Seat of Edgecombe County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cobb Town to Tarboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 58 miles [93.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,057 miles [9,747.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,749 miles [10,861.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,632 miles [7,454.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Cobb Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Cobb Town 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 Cobb Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7202, Longitude: -77.6011 In this case, the coordinates for Cobb Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.365 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.499 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.095 degrees. |
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