|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Herrings Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Herrings Crossroads 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 Herrings Crossroads:
- 35.508494, -77.697198
- 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 Herrings 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Herrings Crossroads is near Pitt County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pitt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Herrings Crossroads
Communities Also Named Herrings Crossroads ...
We found two communities that are also named Herrings Crossroads.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Herrings Crossroads.
Beyond North Carolina.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Duplin County
- This Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County and lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Herrings Crossroads that is located in Greene County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duplin County community of Herrings Crossroads.
- Sampson County
- This Herrings Crossroads is located in Sampson County and lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Herrings Crossroads that is located in Greene County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sampson County community of Herrings Crossroads.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Herrings 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.
- Birchwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Birchwood is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Daisy Siding
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Daisy Siding is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Siding
- Farmville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Fourway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fourway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourway
- Hill View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hill View is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill View
- Jason
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Lizzie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lizzie is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzie
- Snow Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Watery Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Watery Branch is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watery Branch
- Willow Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
How Far From Herrings Crossroads to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Herrings Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Herrings Crossroads and extending to:
- Snow Hill, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the South.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Herrings Crossroads to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 236 miles [379.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,071 miles [9,770.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,762 miles [10,882.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,645 miles [7,475.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Herrings Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Herrings 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 Herrings Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5085, Longitude: -77.6972 In this case, the coordinates for Herrings Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.425 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.537 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.203 degrees. |
|
|