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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 House, we use the following websites to find information relevant to House 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 House:
- 35.652687, -77.365523
- 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 House
- 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 Pitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pitt County
- Since House is near Beaufort County and also Martin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin 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 House
Communities Also Named House ...
We found four communities that are also named House.
Within North Carolina, the name House is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Calhoun County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of House [Calhoun County].
- Mississippi
- Neshoba County
- This House is located in Neshoba County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the House that is located in Pitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Neshoba County community of House.
- New Mexico
- Quay County
- This House is located in Quay County and lies 1,495 miles [2,406 km]<2> to the west of the House that is located in Pitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Quay County community of House.
- Texas
- Fort Bend County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of House [Fort Bend County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near House ...
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.
- Evans Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Evans Park is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
- Golden Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Golden Place is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Place
- Green Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Green Springs is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greenville Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville Heights is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Heights
- Heritage Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Higgs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Higgs is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgs
- Lincoln Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Meadowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Meadowbrook is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Minnie Bert
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Minnie Bert is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie Bert
- Ripple City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ripple City is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
- Rock Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rock Spring is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring
- Rock Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
How Far From House 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 House to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in House and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Pitt County, lies just to the South.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from House to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 224 miles [360.5 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,050 miles [9,736.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,741 miles [10,848.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,624 miles [7,441.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about House, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- House) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 House 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 House 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 House. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6527, Longitude: -77.3655 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.234 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.34 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.028 degrees. |
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