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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 Fields, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fields 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 Fields:
    • 35.282662, -77.727397
    • 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 Fields
  • 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 Lenoir County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir County
    • Since Fields is near Greene County and also Wayne 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 Wayne 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 Fields

Communities Also Named Fields ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Fields.

Within North Carolina, the name Fields is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Macon County
      • This Fields is located in Macon County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fields that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Fields.
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • This Fields is located in Will County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fields that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Fields.
    • Indiana
      • Lake County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Fields [Lake County].
      • Morgan County
      • This Fields is located in Morgan County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fields that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Fields.
    • Louisiana
      • Beauregard Parish
      • This Fields is located in Beauregard Parish and lies 974 miles [1,567.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fields that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beauregard Parish community of Fields.
    • Michigan
      • Newaygo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Fields [Newaygo County].
    • Montana
      • Cascade County
      • This Fields is located in Cascade County and lies 1,909 miles [3,072.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fields that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cascade County community of Fields.
    • Ohio
      • Lorain County
      • This Fields is located in Lorain County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fields that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Fields.
    • Oregon
      • Harney County
      • This Fields is located in Harney County and lies 2,234 miles [3,595.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fields that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harney County community of Fields.
      • Lane County
      • This Fields is located in Lane County and lies 2,414 miles [3,885 km] to the west northwest of the Fields that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Fields.
    • Virginia
      • Mecklenburg County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Fields [Mecklenburg County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fields ...

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.

  • Branchwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Branchwood is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchwood
  • Falling Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Falling Creek is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Creek
  • Hickory Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Hullwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hullwood is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullwood
  • Institute
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Institute is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Institute
  • Jenny Lind
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jenny Lind is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
  • Little Baltimore
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Little Baltimore is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Baltimore
  • Parrots
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Parrots is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrots
  • Pot Neck
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Pot Neck is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pot Neck
  • Random Woods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Random Woods is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Woods
  • Sandy Bottom
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Bottom is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
  • Trinity Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Trinity Woods is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Woods
  • Wheat Swamp
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Wheat Swamp is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Swamp

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

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

  • Kinston, which is the Seat of Lenoir County, lies just to the East.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Fields to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 252 miles [405.6 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,082 miles [9,788 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,772 miles [10,898.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,655 miles [7,491.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Fields) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Fields 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.
<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 Fields 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 Fields. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2827, Longitude: -77.7274       In this case, the coordinates for Fields have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.448 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.529 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.291 degrees.