Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Harkers Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harkers Island and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Harkers Island

• 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 Harkers Island:
  • 34.695163, -76.559369<1>
  • 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 Harkers Island

• 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 Harkers Island 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 Harkers Island

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harkers Island ...

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 northwest)
  • Crab Point Village is also located in Carteret County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Point Village
• Marshallberg
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Marshallberg is also located in Carteret County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallberg
• Money Island Beach
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Money Island Beach is also located in Carteret County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money Island Beach
• Morehead City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Morehead City is also located in Carteret County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehead City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,669 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morehead City <2>
• Shell Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Shell Landing is also located in Carteret County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Landing
• Steep Pines Fork
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Steep Pines Fork is also located in Carteret County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steep Pines Fork
• Straits
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Straits is also located in Carteret County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits
• Straits Haven
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Straits Haven is also 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 also located in Carteret County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Point
• Tusk
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Tusk is also located in Carteret County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusk

How Far From Harkers Island 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 included the distance from a community such as Harkers Island to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Harkers Island and extending to:

• Beaufort, which is the Seat of Carteret County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Harkers Island 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 291 miles [468.3 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 6,055 miles [9,744.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,739 miles [10,845.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,626 miles [7,444.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>