Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Merritt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Merritt and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Merritt
- 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 Merritt:
- 35.099681, -76.713088
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Merritt
- 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 Pamlico County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pamlico County
- Since Merritt is near Craven County and also Carteret County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Craven County
- eBird sighting report for Carteret 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Merritt ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Merritt.
Within North Carolina, the name Merritt is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- British Columbia
- This Merritt lies 2,423 miles [3,899.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Merritt that is located in Pamlico County.
- California
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Merritt ...
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.
- Alliance
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alliance have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Alliance is located in Pamlico County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alliance <5>
- Camp Seagull
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Seagull have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Seagull
- Camp Seagull is located in Pamlico County
- Florence
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Great Neck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Neck have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck
- Great Neck is located in Craven County
- Kennel Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennel Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennel Beach
- Kennel Beach is located in Pamlico County
- Lynch Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynch Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Beach
- Lynch Beach is located in Pamlico County
- Minnesott Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnesott Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesott Beach
- Minnesott Beach is located in Pamlico County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Oriental
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriental have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriental
- Oriental is located in Pamlico County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oriental <5>
- Reelsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Silver Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Silver Hill is located in Pamlico County
- Sportsmans Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sportsmans Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmans Village
- Sportsmans Village is located in Carteret County
- Stonewall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Stonewall is located in Pamlico County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Swan Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swan Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Corner
- Swan Corner is located in Pamlico County
How Far From Merritt 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 Merritt to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Merritt and extending to:
- Bayboro, which is the Seat of Pamlico County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Merritt to Raleigh, with an average speed<6>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 262 miles [421.6 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,044 miles [9,726.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,731 miles [10,832.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,617 miles [7,430.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Merritt. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Pamlico County: www.co.pamlico.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Merritt could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Merritt) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Merritt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0997, Longitude: -76.7131 |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Merritt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Merritt to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.889 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.862 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.974 degrees. |