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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 Hydeland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hydeland 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 Hydeland:
- 35.426557, -76.219637
- 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 Hydeland
- 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 Hydeland is near Tyrrell County and also Beaufort 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 Beaufort 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 Hydeland
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hydeland ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Landing is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Landing
- Last Chance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Last Chance is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
- Mount Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Nebraska
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Nebraska is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- New Holland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Holland is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
- Oyster Creek Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rose Bay is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Bay
- Swan Quarter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Hydeland 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 Hydeland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hydeland and extending to:
- Swan Quarter, which is the Seat of Hyde County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Hydeland to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>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 243 miles [391.1 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 6,009 miles [9,670.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,695 miles [10,774.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,581 miles [7,372.4 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hydeland) 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 Hydeland 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 Hydeland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4266, Longitude: -76.2196 In this case, the coordinates for Hydeland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.603 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.584 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.677 degrees. |
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