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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 Gloucester, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gloucester and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Gloucester:
    • 34.726273, -76.541035
    • 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 Gloucester
  • 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 Carteret County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carteret County
    • Since Gloucester is near Craven County and also Pamlico County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Craven 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 Gloucester

Communities Also Named Gloucester ...

We found four communities that are also named Gloucester.

Within North Carolina, the name Gloucester is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Massachusetts
      • Essex County
      • This Gloucester is located in Essex County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Gloucester that is located in Carteret County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Gloucester.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden 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 New Jersey community of Gloucester [Camden County].
    • Ontario
      • This Gloucester lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<1> to the north of the Gloucester that is located in Carteret County.
    • Virginia
      • Gloucester County
      • This Gloucester is located in Gloucester County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the north of the Gloucester that is located in Carteret County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Gloucester.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gloucester ...

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.

  • Crab Point Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Crab Point Village is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Point Village
  • Mandy Farms
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Mandy Farms is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandy Farms
  • Marshallberg
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Marshallberg is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallberg
  • Money Island Beach
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Money Island Beach is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money Island Beach
  • Morehead City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Shell Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Shell Landing is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Landing
  • Stacy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Stacy is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
  • Steep Pines Fork
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Steep Pines Fork is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steep Pines Fork
  • Straits
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Straits is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits
  • Straits Haven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Straits Haven is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits Haven
  • Sunrise Point
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Sunrise Point is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Point
  • Tusk
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Tusk is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusk

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

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

  • Beaufort, which is the Seat of Carteret County, lies just to the West.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Gloucester to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 289 miles [465.1 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,053 miles [9,741.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,737 miles [10,842.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,624 miles [7,441.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Gloucester) 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 Gloucester 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Gloucester 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 Gloucester. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7263, Longitude: -76.5410       In this case, the coordinates for Gloucester have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.806 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.712 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.04 degrees.