Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Mavaton:
  • 36.174289, -76.642468
  • 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 Mavaton

• 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 Chowan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chowan County
  • Since Mavaton is near Bertie County and also Perquimans County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bertie County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Perquimans 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 Mavaton

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mavaton ...

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.

• Barber
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Barber is located in Chowan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
• Goose Pond
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Goose Pond is located in Bertie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Pond
• Gregory Crossroads
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Gregory Crossroads is located in Bertie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Crossroads
• Lloyd Crossroads
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lloyd Crossroads is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Crossroads
• Marys Beach
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Marys Beach is located in Bertie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Beach
• Mount Rose
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Mount Rose is located in Chowan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rose
• Perrytown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Perrytown is located in Bertie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrytown
• Rockyhock
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Rockyhock is located in Chowan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockyhock
• Sign Pine
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Sign Pine is located in Chowan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sign Pine
• Snow Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Snow Hill is located in Perquimans County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill

How Far From Mavaton to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mavaton to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Edenton, which is the Seat of Chowan County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Mavaton to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 189 miles [304.2 km] to the north (N). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,996 miles [9,649.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,687 miles [10,761.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,570 miles [7,354.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'