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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 Gum Forks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gum Forks 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 Gum Forks:
- 36.506261, -77.679981
- 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 Gum Forks
- 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 Gum Forks 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 Gum Forks
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gum Forks ...
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 east)
- Brewers Crossroads is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers Crossroads
- Brink
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brink is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
- Days Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Days Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Crossroads
- Garysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchells Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchells Mill is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Mill
- Paris Store
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Paris Store is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Store
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rosemary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rosemary is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Slates Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Slates Corner is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slates Corner
- Triplet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Triplet is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplet
How Far From Gum Forks 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 Gum Forks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gum Forks and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Northampton County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gum Forks to Jackson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 168 miles [270.4 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 6,027 miles [9,699.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,723 miles [10,819.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,604 miles [7,409.4 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gum Forks) 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 Gum Forks 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 Gum Forks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5063, Longitude: -77.6800 In this case, the coordinates for Gum Forks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.383 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.637 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.854 degrees. |
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