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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 College View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to College View 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 College View:
    • 35.608772, -77.364409
    • 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 College View
  • 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 Pitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pitt County
    • Since College View is near Greene County and also Beaufort County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort 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 College View

Communities Also Named College View ...

We found seven communities that are also named College View.

There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named College View.

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

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Wake County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of College View [Wake County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Denver County
      • This College View is located in Denver County and lies 1,531 miles [2,463.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the College View that is located in Pitt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Denver County community of College View.
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of College View [Will County].
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This College View is located in Montgomery County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<2> to the north of the College View that is located in Pitt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of College View.
    • Mississippi
      • Oktibbeha County
      • This College View is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<2> to the west of the College View that is located in Pitt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of College View.
    • Nebraska
      • Lancaster County
      • This College View is located in Lancaster County and lies 1,103 miles [1,775.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the College View that is located in Pitt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of College View.
    • Tennessee
      • Greene County
      • This College View is located in Greene County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<2> to the west of the College View that is located in Pitt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of College View.

Curious and Interesting Names Near College View ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Camelot is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Evans Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Evans Park is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
  • Golden Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Golden Place is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Place
  • Green Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Green Springs is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
  • Greenville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Greenville Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Greenville Heights is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Heights
  • Heritage Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Heritage Village is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
  • Higgs
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Higgs is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgs
  • Lincoln Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Lynndale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lynndale is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynndale
  • Meadowbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Planters Walk
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Planters Walk is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planters Walk
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Quail Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Ripple City
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Ripple City is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
    • Rock Springs
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rock Springs is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
    • Windy Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Windy Ridge is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Ridge

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

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

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Pitt County, lies just to the West.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from College View to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 227 miles [365.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,052 miles [9,739.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,742 miles [10,850.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,626 miles [7,444.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 College View 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- College View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 College View 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 College View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6088, Longitude: -77.3644       In this case, the coordinates for College View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.235 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.334 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.043 degrees.