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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 Manns Harbor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Manns Harbor 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 Manns Harbor:
- 35.885307, -75.762357
- 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 Manns Harbor
- 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 Dare County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dare County
- Since Manns Harbor is near Currituck County and also Tyrrell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Currituck County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tyrrell 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 Manns Harbor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Manns Harbor ...
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.
- Buffalo City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- California
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- California is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Kill Devil Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Neighborhood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lake Neighborhood is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Neighborhood
- Nags Head
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sound Side
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sound Side is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sound Side
- Sunny Side
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Side is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Whalebone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
How Far From Manns Harbor 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 Manns Harbor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Manns Harbor and extending to:
- Manteo, which is the Seat of Dare County, lies just to the East.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Manns Harbor to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 219 miles [352.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,969 miles [9,606.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,657 miles [10,713.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,542 miles [7,309.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Manns Harbor) 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 Manns Harbor 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 Manns Harbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8853, Longitude: -75.7624 In this case, the coordinates for Manns Harbor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.329 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.34 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.34 degrees. |
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