Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Mayville Crossing:
  • 34.707112, -78.842524
  • 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 Mayville Crossing

• 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 Robeson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Robeson County
  • Since Mayville Crossing is near Bladen County and also Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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 Mayville Crossing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mayville Crossing ...

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.

• Butters
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Butters is located in Bladen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
• Center Road
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Center Road is located in Bladen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Road
• Dublin
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dublin is located in Bladen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
• Horse Neck
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Horse Neck is located in Robeson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Neck
• Jerome
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jerome is located in Bladen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
• Newlight
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Newlight is located in Bladen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlight
• Powers
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Powers is located in Robeson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
• Saddletree
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Saddletree is located in Robeson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddletree
• Tar Heel
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Tar Heel is located in Bladen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Heel
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tar Heel <1>

How Far From Mayville Crossing 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 Mayville Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Lumberton, which is the Seat of Robeson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mayville Crossing to Lumberton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 306 miles [492.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,156 miles [9,907.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,846 miles [11,017.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,730 miles [7,612.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'