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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 Drexelbrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Drexelbrook 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 Drexelbrook:
- 35.586828, -77.361076
- 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 Drexelbrook
- 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 Drexelbrook 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 Drexelbrook
Communities Also Named Drexelbrook ...
We found one communities that are also named Drexelbrook.
Within North Carolina, the name Drexelbrook is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Drexelbrook in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Drexelbrook [Delaware County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Drexelbrook ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Camelot is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Cannon Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cannon Crossroads is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Crossroads
- Cherry Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Oaks is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Oaks
- Club Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Club Pines is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club Pines
- Evans Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Evans Park is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
- Golden Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Golden Place is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Place
- Green Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Green Springs is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greenville Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] 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 east)
- Heritage Village is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Higgs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Higgs is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgs
- Lincoln Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Lynndale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lynndale is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynndale
- Planters Walk
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Planters Walk is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planters Walk
- Quail Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Quail Ridge is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Ripple City
(2 miles [3.2 km] 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 north)
- Rock Springs is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rollingwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rollingwood is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Treetops
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Treetops is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treetops
- Windy Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Windy Ridge is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Ridge
How Far From Drexelbrook 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 Drexelbrook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Drexelbrook and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Pitt County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Drexelbrook 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 5 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 229 miles [368.5 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 6,743 miles [10,851.8 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 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 Drexelbrook 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Drexelbrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Drexelbrook 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 Drexelbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5868, Longitude: -77.3611 In this case, the coordinates for Drexelbrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.234 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.329 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.049 degrees. |
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