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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 Garysburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garysburg 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 Garysburg:
- 36.451002, -77.560515
- 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 Garysburg
- 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 Northampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- Since Garysburg is near Halifax County and also Greensville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Halifax County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greensville 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 Garysburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Garysburg ...
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.
- Brewers Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brewers Crossroads is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers Crossroads
- Days Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Days Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Crossroads
- Gum Forks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Forks is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Forks
- Gumberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gumberry is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumberry
- Mud Castle
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mud Castle is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Castle
- Pierces Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pierces Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Crossroads
- Pleasant Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rosemary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rosemary is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Seaboard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Garysburg 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 town such as Garysburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Garysburg and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Northampton County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Garysburg 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 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 171 miles [275.2 km] to the north (N). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,024 miles [9,694.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,720 miles [10,814.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,600 miles [7,403 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Garysburg) 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 Garysburg 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 Garysburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4510, Longitude: -77.5605 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.317 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.553 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.826 degrees. |
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