Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Little Kelly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Kelly and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Little Kelly

• 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 Little Kelly:
  • 34.464334, -77.951934
  • 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 Little Kelly

• 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 Pender County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pender County
  • Since Little Kelly is near New Hanover County and also Brunswick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for New Hanover County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick 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 Little Kelly

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Kelly ...

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.

• Highsmith
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Highsmith is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highsmith
• Long Bluff Landing
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Long Bluff Landing is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bluff Landing
• Long Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Long Creek is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
• Mooretown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mooretown is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooretown
• Piney Wood
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Piney Wood is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Wood
• Rocky Point
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Rocky Point is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Point <1>
• Six Forks
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Six Forks is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Forks
• Skippers Corner
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Skippers Corner is located in New Hanover County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skippers Corner
• Stag Park
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Stag Park is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stag Park
• Twin Oak
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Twin Oak is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oak
• Walnut Hills
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Walnut Hills is located in New Hanover County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
• White Stocking
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • White Stocking is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Stocking

How Far From Little Kelly 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 community such as Little Kelly to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Burgaw, which is the Seat of Pender County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Little Kelly 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 310 miles [498.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,127 miles [9,860.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,814 miles [10,966.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,699 miles [7,562.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'