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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 Mill Seat Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mill Seat Landing 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 Mill Seat Landing:
- 35.296556, -76.584650
- 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 Mill Seat Landing
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pamlico County
- Since Mill Seat Landing is near Beaufort County and also Hyde County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hyde 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 Mill Seat Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mill Seat Landing ...
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.
- Aurora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Florence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Florence is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Jones
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jones is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Lowland
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lowland is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
- Lynch Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lynch Beach is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Beach
- Pine Crest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Crest is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Reads Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Reads Chapel is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reads Chapel
- Royal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Royal is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Schoolhouse Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Schoolhouse Landing is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoolhouse Landing
- Spring Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Swan Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Corner is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Corner
- Vinegar Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Vinegar Hill is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Hill
How Far From Mill Seat Landing 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 Mill Seat Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mill Seat Landing and extending to:
- Bayboro, which is the Seat of Pamlico County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mill Seat Landing to Bayboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 249 miles [400.7 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,030 miles [9,704.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,717 miles [10,810 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,603 miles [7,407.8 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mill Seat Landing) 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 Mill Seat Landing 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 Mill Seat Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2966, Longitude: -76.5846 In this case, the coordinates for Mill Seat Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.811 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.802 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.858 degrees. |
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