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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 Gulrock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gulrock 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 Gulrock:
- 35.414337, -76.089631
- 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 Gulrock
- 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 Hyde County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hyde County
- Since Gulrock is near Tyrrell County and also Carteret County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tyrrell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carteret 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 Gulrock
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gulrock ...
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.
- Lake Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lake Landing is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Landing
- Last Chance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Last Chance is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
- Mount Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Nebraska
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nebraska is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- New Holland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Holland is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
- Oyster Creek Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rose Bay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rose Bay is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Bay
- Swan Quarter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Gulrock 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 Gulrock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gulrock and extending to:
- Swan Quarter, which is the Seat of Hyde County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Gulrock to Swan Quarter, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 246 miles [395.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,003 miles [9,660.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,690 miles [10,766.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,575 miles [7,362.7 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Gulrock) 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 Gulrock 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 Gulrock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4143, Longitude: -76.0896 In this case, the coordinates for Gulrock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.532 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.501 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.633 degrees. |
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