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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 Gregory Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gregory Crossroads 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 Gregory Crossroads:
    • 36.048771, -76.752448
    • 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 Gregory Crossroads
  • 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 Gregory Crossroads is near Chowan County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chowan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Gregory Crossroads

Communities Also Named Gregory Crossroads ...

We found one communities that are also named Gregory Crossroads.

There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Gregory Crossroads.

Beyond North Carolina.

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Onslow 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 North Carolina community of Gregory Crossroads [Onslow County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gregory Crossroads ...

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.

  • Barber
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Barber is located in Chowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
  • Buzzards Crossroads
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Buzzards Crossroads is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Crossroads
  • Elm Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Elm Grove is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
  • Goose Pond
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Goose Pond is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Pond
  • Marys Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Marys Beach is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Beach
  • Merry Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Merry Hill is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Hill
  • Perrytown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Perrytown is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrytown
  • Rockyhock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Rockyhock is located in Chowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockyhock
  • Todds Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Todds Crossroads is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Crossroads

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gregory Crossroads and extending to:

  • Windsor, which is the Seat of Bertie County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gregory Crossroads to Windsor, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 197 miles [317 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 6,006 miles [9,665.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,697 miles [10,777.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,580 miles [7,370.8 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 Gregory Crossroads 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gregory Crossroads) 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 Gregory Crossroads 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 Gregory Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0488, Longitude: -76.7524       In this case, the coordinates for Gregory Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.875 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.988 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.656 degrees.