Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Mintonsville:
  • 36.343158, -76.634967
  • 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 Mintonsville

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mintonsville ...

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.

• Carter
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Carter is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
• Hickory Crossroads
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Hickory Crossroads is located in Perquimans County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Crossroads
• Hobbsville
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Hobbsville is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbsville
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hobbsville
  • From Mintonsville to Hobbsville
• Joppa
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Joppa is located in Chowan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
• Keys Crossroads
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Keys Crossroads is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys Crossroads
• Mitchells Fork
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mitchells Fork is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Fork
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Mitchells Fork
  • From Mintonsville to Mitchells Fork
• Muddy Cross
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Muddy Cross is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Cross
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Muddy Cross
  • From Mintonsville to Muddy Cross
• Peach
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Peach is located in Perquimans County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach
• Sandy Cross
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Sandy Cross is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
• Sign Pine
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Sign Pine is located in Chowan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sign Pine
• Silver Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Silver Springs is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
• Trotville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Trotville is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotville

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

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

• Gatesville, which is the Seat of Gates County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Mintonsville 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 177 miles [284.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,988 miles [9,636.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,681 miles [10,752 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,563 miles [7,343.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'