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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 Lassiter Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lassiter 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 Lassiter Crossroads:
- 36.371543, -77.304413
- 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 Lassiter 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 Northampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- Since Lassiter Crossroads is near Hertford County and also Bertie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hertford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bertie 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 Lassiter Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lassiter 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.
- Creeksville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Creeksville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeksville
- Eagletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Edwards Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
- George
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- George is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
- Gumberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gumberry is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumberry
- Hugo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hugo is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Margarettsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Milwaukee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Mud Castle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mud Castle is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Castle
- Pleasant Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Seaboard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Lassiter Crossroads 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 Lassiter Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lassiter Crossroads and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Northampton County, lies just to the West.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Lassiter Crossroads to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>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 5 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 175 miles [281.6 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 6,016 miles [9,681.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,711 miles [10,800.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,592 miles [7,390.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lassiter Crossroads) 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 Lassiter 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 Lassiter Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3715, Longitude: -77.3044 In this case, the coordinates for Lassiter Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.174 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.378 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.754 degrees. |
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