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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 Mewborns Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mewborns Crossroads and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Mewborns Crossroads:
    • 35.346274, -77.592748
    • 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 Mewborns Crossroads
  • 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 Lenoir County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir County
    • Since Mewborns Crossroads is near Greene County and also Jones County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones 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 Mewborns Crossroads

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mewborns Crossroads ...

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.

  • Branchwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Branchwood is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchwood
  • Club Pines
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Club Pines is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club Pines
  • Clubview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Clubview is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubview
  • Greenmead
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Greenmead is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmead
  • Harveytown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Harveytown is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
  • Hickory Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Howard Hights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Howard Hights is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Hights
  • Hugo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hugo is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
  • Hullwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hullwood is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullwood
  • Liberty Hill Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Liberty Hill Park is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Park
  • Random Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Random Woods is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Woods
  • Rolling Pines
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Rolling Pines is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Pines
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Tanglewood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Tanglewood is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Tower Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Tower Heights is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Heights
    • Trinity Woods
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Trinity Woods is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Woods
    • Wheat Swamp
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Wheat Swamp is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Swamp

How Far From Mewborns Crossroads 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 Mewborns Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Kinston, which is the Seat of Lenoir County, lies just to the South.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Mewborns Crossroads to Raleigh, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 247 miles [397.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,073 miles [9,773.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,763 miles [10,884 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,647 miles [7,478.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Mewborns Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Mewborns Crossroads 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 Mewborns Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3463, Longitude: -77.5927       In this case, the coordinates for Mewborns Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.371 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.451 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.218 degrees.