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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 Mashoes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mashoes 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 Mashoes:
- 35.956276, -75.802960
- 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 Mashoes
- 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 Mashoes 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 Mashoes
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mashoes ...
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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo City is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
- California
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- California is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Kill Devil Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kitty Hawk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kitty Hawk Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kitty Hawk Beach is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Hawk Beach
- Lake Neighborhood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Neighborhood is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Neighborhood
- Manns Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nags Head
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sound Side
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sound Side is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sound Side
- Spot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Spot is located in Currituck County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spot
- Sunny Side
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunny Side is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Whalebone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Whalebone is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whalebone
How Far From Mashoes 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 Mashoes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mashoes and extending to:
- Manteo, which is the Seat of Dare County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Mashoes 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 214 miles [344.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take a little over three 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 5,968 miles [9,604.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,656 miles [10,711.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,541 miles [7,308 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mashoes) 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 Mashoes 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 Mashoes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9563, Longitude: -75.8030 In this case, the coordinates for Mashoes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.348 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.372 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.329 degrees. |
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