Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mooretown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mooretown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mooretown
- 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 Mooretown:
- 34.413779, -77.827205
- 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 Mooretown
- 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 Pender County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pender County
- Since Mooretown is near New Hanover County and also Brunswick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for New Hanover County
- eBird sighting report for Brunswick 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 Mooretown ...
We found six communities that share the name Mooretown.
Within North Carolina, the name Mooretown is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Mississippi
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Mooretown lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Mooretown that is located in Pender County.
- Tennessee
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mooretown ...
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.
- Council Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Council Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Heights
- Council Heights is located in New Hanover County
- Falcon Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Point
- Falcon Point is located in New Hanover County
- Highsmith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Hightsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hightsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightsville
- Hightsville is located in New Hanover County
- Kings Grant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grant
- Kings Grant is located in New Hanover County
- Kings Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
- Kings Landing is located in Pender County
- Little Kelly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Kelly have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Kelly
- Little Kelly is located in Pender County
- Long Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
- Long Creek is located in Pender County
- Ocean View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View
- Ocean View is located in New Hanover County
- Queens Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queens Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Point
- Queens Point is located in New Hanover County
- Rocky Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Rocky Point is located in Pender County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Point <5>
- Shell Bank
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Bank have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Bank
- Shell Bank is located in New Hanover County
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- Skippers Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skippers Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skippers Corner
- Skippers Corner is located in New Hanover County
- Stag Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Stoneybrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoneybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
- Stoneybrook is located in New Hanover County
- Topsail
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsail
- Topsail is located in Pender County
- Topsail Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsail Beach
- Topsail Beach is located in Pender County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Topsail Beach <5>
- Treasure Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Treasure Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Cove
- Treasure Cove is located in New Hanover County
- Twin Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Walnut Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
- Walnut Hills is located in New Hanover County
- White Stocking
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Stocking have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Stocking
- White Stocking is located in Pender County
- Woodside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Skippers Corner
How Far From Mooretown 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 include the distance from a community such as Mooretown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mooretown and extending to:
- Burgaw, which is the Seat of Pender County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mooretown to Burgaw, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 312 miles [502.1 km] to the north (N). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,123 miles [9,854 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,810 miles [10,959.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,696 miles [7,557.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mooretown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Pender County: www.pender-county.com/
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 Mooretown 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> | 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 Mooretown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mooretown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mooretown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4138, Longitude: -77.8272 In this case, the coordinates for Mooretown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mooretown 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 308.523 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.487 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.614 degrees. |