Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Murraytown:
  • 35.836544, -78.239440
  • 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 Murraytown

• 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 Nash County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nash County
  • Since Murraytown is near Franklin County and also Johnston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnston 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 Murraytown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Murraytown ...

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.

• Daddysville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Daddysville is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daddysville
• Emit
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Emit is located in Johnston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emit
• Gold Valley Crossroads
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gold Valley Crossroads is located in Nash County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Valley Crossroads
• Middlesex
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Middlesex is located in Nash County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
• Pilot
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pilot is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot
• Pine Ridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pine Ridge is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
• Rocky Cross
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
• Rogers Crossroads
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
• Social Plains
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Social Plains is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Plains
• Union Hope
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Union Hope is located in Nash County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope

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

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

• Nashville, which is the Seat of Nash County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Murraytown to Nashville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,080 miles [9,784.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,775 miles [10,903.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,656 miles [7,493.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'