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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 Coxville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coxville 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 Coxville:
- 35.408166, -77.329403
- 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 Coxville
- 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 Coxville is near Craven County and also Lenoir County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craven County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir 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 Coxville
Communities Also Named Coxville ...
We found seven communities that are also named Coxville.
Within North Carolina, the name Coxville is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Jones 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 Georgia community of Coxville [Jones County].
- Indiana
- Parke County
- This Coxville is located in Parke County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Coxville that is located in Pitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parke County community of Coxville.
- Missouri
- Livingston County
- Although located in Livingston County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Coxville.
- Nebraska
- Dawes County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Dawes County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawes County community of Coxville.
- Tennessee
- Crockett County
- This Coxville is located in Crockett County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<2> to the west of the Coxville that is located in Pitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crockett County community of Coxville.
- Texas
- Bastrop 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 Texas community of Coxville [Bastrop County].
- Travis County
- This Coxville is located in Travis County and lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km]<2> to the west of the Coxville that is located in Pitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Coxville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coxville ...
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.
- Black Jack
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Black Jack is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Haddocks Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Haddocks Crossroads is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddocks Crossroads
- Helens Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Helens Crossroads is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helens Crossroads
- Honolulu
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Honolulu is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honolulu
- Littlefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Littlefield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield
- Maplecypress
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maplecypress is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplecypress
- Pleasant Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Stokestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stokestown is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokestown
- Strawberry Banks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Strawberry Banks is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Banks
- Tick Bite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Coxville 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 Coxville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coxville and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Pitt County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Coxville to Greenville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 78 miles [125.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 241 miles [387.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,059 miles [9,751 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,748 miles [10,859.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,632 miles [7,454.5 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Coxville 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coxville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Coxville, 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 Coxville 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 Coxville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4082, Longitude: -77.3294 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.222 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.289 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.098 degrees. |
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