Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cypress Shores, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cypress Shores and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cypress Shores

• 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 Cypress Shores:
  • 35.089326, -77.105506
  • 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 Cypress Shores

• 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 Cypress Shores 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 Cypress Shores

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cypress Shores ...

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
  (4 miles [6.4 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
• Forest
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest is located in Craven County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
• Greenwood
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Greenwood is located in Craven County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
• Holly Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Holly Hills is located in Craven County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
• James City
  (3 miles [4.8 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 southwest)
  • 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

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cypress Shores 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 Cypress Shores 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 262 miles [421.6 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 6,062 miles [9,755.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,750 miles [10,863.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,635 miles [7,459.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'