Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Malpass Corner:
  • 34.502389, -78.056660
  • 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 Malpass Corner

• 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 Malpass Corner is near Bladen County and also Brunswick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bladen 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 Malpass Corner

Curious and Interesting Names Near Malpass Corner ...

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
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Highsmith is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highsmith
• Little Kelly
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Kelly is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Kelly
• Long Bluff Landing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Long Bluff Landing is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bluff Landing
• Long Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Long Creek is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
• Long View
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Long View is located in Bladen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
• Piney Wood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Piney Wood is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Wood
• Red Star Camp
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Star Camp is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star Camp
• Rooks
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Rooks is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rooks
• Sparkleberry Landing
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Sparkleberry Landing is located in Bladen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkleberry Landing
• Still Bluff
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Still Bluff is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Bluff

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Malpass Corner and extending to:

• Burgaw, which is the Seat of Pender County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Malpass Corner to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>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 most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 308 miles [495.7 km] to the north (N). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,130 miles [9,865.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,702 miles [7,567.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'