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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 Drew, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Drew 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 Drew:
    • 36.046842, -77.035212
    • 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 Drew
  • 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 Bertie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bertie County
    • Since Drew is near Martin County and also Hertford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Martin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hertford 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 Drew

Communities Also Named Drew ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Drew.

Within North Carolina, the name Drew is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Bernardino 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 California community of Drew [San Bernardino County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Drew is located in Hillsborough County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Drew that is located in Bertie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Drew.
    • Georgia
      • Forsyth County
      • This Drew is located in Forsyth County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Drew that is located in Bertie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Drew.
    • Indiana
      • Delaware County
      • This Drew is located in Delaware County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Drew that is located in Bertie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Drew.
    • Iowa
      • Wright County
      • This Drew is located in Wright County and lies 1,007 miles [1,620.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Drew that is located in Bertie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Drew.
    • Kentucky
      • Knott County
      • This Drew is located in Knott County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Drew that is located in Bertie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knott County community of Drew.
    • Louisiana
      • Calcasieu Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Drew [Calcasieu Parish].
      • Ouachita Parish
      • This Drew is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<2> to the west of the Drew that is located in Bertie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Drew.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot 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 Maine community of Drew [Penobscot County].
    • Michigan
      • Isabella County
      • This Drew is located in Isabella County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Drew that is located in Bertie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Isabella County community of Drew.
      • Newaygo 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 Michigan community of Drew [Newaygo County].
    • Mississippi
      • Sunflower County
      • This Drew is located in Sunflower County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<2> to the west of the Drew that is located in Bertie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower County community of Drew.
    • Missouri
      • Laclede County
      • This Drew is located in Laclede County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Drew that is located in Bertie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laclede County community of Drew.
      • Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Drew [Saint Louis County].
    • Ontario
      • This Drew lies 584 miles [939.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Drew that is located in Bertie County.
    • Oregon
      • Douglas County
      • This Drew is located in Douglas County and lies 2,458 miles [3,955.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Drew that is located in Bertie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Drew.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Drew ...

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.

  • Buzzards Crossroads
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Buzzards Crossroads is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Crossroads
  • Elm Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Elm Grove is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
  • Francis Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Francis Mill is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Mill
  • Grabtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Grabtown is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grabtown
  • Gregory Crossroads
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Gregory Crossroads is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Crossroads
  • Merry Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Merry Hill is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Hill
  • Millennium
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Millennium is located in Hertford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millennium
  • Perrytown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Perrytown is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrytown
  • Republican
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Republican is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republican
  • Todds Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Todds Crossroads is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Crossroads
  • Trap
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Trap is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trap

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

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

  • Windsor, which is the Seat of Bertie County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Drew to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>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 most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 196 miles [315.4 km] to the north (N). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,018 miles [9,685 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,710 miles [10,798.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,593 miles [7,391.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Drew 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Drew) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Drew 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 Drew. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0468, Longitude: -77.0352       In this case, the coordinates for Drew have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.034 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.17 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.765 degrees.