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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 Country Club Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Country Club Park 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 Country Club Park:
    • 35.082937, -77.113006
    • 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 Country Club Park
  • 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 Craven County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Craven County
    • Since Country Club Park is near Jones County and also Pamlico County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pamlico 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 Country Club Park

Communities Also Named Country Club Park ...

We found six communities that are also named Country Club Park.

Within North Carolina, the name Country Club Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Madison County
      • This Country Club Park is located in Madison County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the west of the Country Club Park that is located in Craven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Country Club Park.
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Country Club Park is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,327 miles [3,744.9 km]<1> to the west of the Country Club Park that is located in Craven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Country Club Park.
    • Georgia
      • Glynn County
      • This Country Club Park is located in Glynn County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Country Club Park that is located in Craven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glynn County community of Country Club Park.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Country Club Park is located in Baltimore County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the north of the Country Club Park that is located in Craven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Country Club Park.
      • Harford County
      • This Country Club Park is located in Harford County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km] to the north of the Country Club Park that is located in Craven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Country Club Park.
    • Virginia
      • Montgomery County
      • This Country Club Park is located in Montgomery County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Country Club Park that is located in Craven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Country Club Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Club Park ...

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.

  • Clark
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clark is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Craven Terrace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Craven Terrace is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven Terrace
  • Cypress Shores
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cypress Shores is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Shores
  • Greenwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Greenwood is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Holly Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Holly Hills is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
  • James City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • James City is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
  • Jones Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jones Corner is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
  • Quail Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Quail Ridge is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
  • River Bend
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • River Bend is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
  • Snug Harbor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Snug Harbor is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
  • Tenmile Fork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Tenmile Fork is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Fork

How Far From Country Club Park to ...

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

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

  • New Bern, which is the Seat of Craven County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Country Club Park to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 263 miles [423.3 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,063 miles [9,757.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,751 miles [10,864.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,636 miles [7,460.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Country Club Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Country Club Park 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 Country Club Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0829, Longitude: -77.1130       In this case, the coordinates for Country Club Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.111 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.114 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.128 degrees.