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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 Lilly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lilly 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 Lilly:
    • 36.485431, -76.302717
    • 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 Lilly
  • 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 Camden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
    • Since Lilly is near Pasquotank County and also Currituck County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pasquotank County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Currituck 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 Lilly

Communities Also Named Lilly ...

We found ten communities that are also named Lilly.

Within North Carolina, the name Lilly is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Dooly County
      • This Lilly is located in Dooly County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lilly that is located in Camden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dooly County community of Lilly.
    • Illinois
      • Tazewell County
      • This Lilly is located in Tazewell County and lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lilly that is located in Camden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Lilly.
    • Kansas
      • McPherson County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in McPherson County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McPherson County community of Lilly.
    • Missouri
      • Clinton County
      • This Lilly is located in Clinton County and lies 1,006 miles [1,619 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lilly that is located in Camden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Lilly.
    • Ohio
      • Scioto 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 Ohio community of Lilly [Scioto County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Lincoln 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 Oklahoma community of Lilly [Lincoln County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cambria County
      • This Lilly is located in Cambria County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lilly that is located in Camden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Lilly.
    • Texas
      • Collingsworth 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 Lilly [Collingsworth County].
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham County
      • This Lilly is located in Rockingham County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lilly that is located in Camden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Lilly.
    • West Virginia
      • Summers County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Lilly [Summers County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lilly ...

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.

  • Benefit
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Benefit is located in Chesapeake City (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
  • Burnt Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Burnt Mills is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mills
  • Cornland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Cornland is located in Chesapeake City (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornland
  • Fauna ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Fauna is located in Pasquotank County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauna
  • Guinea
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Guinea is located in Currituck County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea
  • Horseshoe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Horseshoe is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
  • Lambs Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lambs Corner is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
  • Lynchs Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lynchs Corner is located in Pasquotank County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchs Corner
  • Morse
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Morse is located in Currituck County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
  • Panther Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Panther Landing is located in Currituck County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Landing
  • Pierceville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Pierceville is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
  • Tar Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Tar Corner is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Corner

How Far From Lilly 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 Lilly to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lilly and extending to:

  • Camden, which is the Seat of Camden County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lilly to Camden, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 139 miles [223.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 171 miles [275.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,968 miles [9,604.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,660 miles [10,718.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,542 miles [7,309.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lilly) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Lilly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Lilly 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 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.
<5>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 Lilly 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 Lilly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4854, Longitude: -76.3027       In this case, the coordinates for Lilly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.602 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.742 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.326 degrees.