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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 Mitchell Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mitchell Village 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 Mitchell Village:
- 34.728217, -76.791602<1>
- 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 Mitchell Village
- 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 Carteret County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carteret County
- Since Mitchell Village is near Craven County and also Pamlico County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craven County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pamlico 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 Mitchell Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mitchell Village ...
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.
- Coastal Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coastal Shores is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coastal Shores
- Crab Point Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crab Point Village is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Point Village
- Mandy Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mandy Farms is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandy Farms
- Money Island Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Money Island Beach is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money Island Beach
- Morehead City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Spooners Creek Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Spooners Creek Harbor is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooners Creek Harbor
- Sunrise Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sunrise Point is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Point
- Wildwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Mitchell Village 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 included the distance from a community such as Mitchell Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Mitchell Village and extending to:
- Beaufort, which is the Seat of Carteret County, lies just to the East.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Mitchell Village to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 288 miles [463.5 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,064 miles [9,759.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,749 miles [10,861.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,635 miles [7,459.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | GPS Coordinates for Mitchell Village: Decimal: 34.72821, -76.791602 DDMMSS: 34° 43' 41", -76° 47' 29" |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Mitchell Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Mitchell Village 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 Mitchell Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7282, Longitude: -76.7916 In this case, the coordinates for Mitchell Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.944 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.87 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.131 degrees. |
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