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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 Lewiston Woodville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lewiston Woodville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lewiston Woodville:
    • 36.113994, -77.180918
    • 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 Lewiston Woodville
  • 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 Bertie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bertie County
    • Since Lewiston Woodville is near Halifax County and also Hertford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Halifax County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hertford 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 Lewiston Woodville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lewiston Woodville ...

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.

  • Drew
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Drew is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
  • Eagletown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Eagletown is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
  • Edwards Fork
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Edwards Fork is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Fork
  • Francis Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Francis Mill is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Mill
  • Grabtown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Grabtown is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grabtown
  • Hobgood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hobgood is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
  • Millennium
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Millennium is located in Hertford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millennium
  • Mount Pilgrim
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Pilgrim is located in Martin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pilgrim
  • Oak City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Republican
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Republican is located in Bertie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republican
  • Scotland Neck
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)

How Far From Lewiston Woodville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Lewiston Woodville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lewiston Woodville and extending to:

  • Windsor, which is the Seat of Bertie County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lewiston Woodville to Windsor, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 192 miles [309 km] to the north (N). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,022 miles [9,691.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,715 miles [10,806.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,597 miles [7,398.2 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- Lewiston Woodville) 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 Lewiston Woodville 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 Lewiston Woodville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1140, Longitude: -77.1809       In this case, the coordinates for Lewiston Woodville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.114 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.271 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.797 degrees.