Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 North Green:
  • 35.990710, -77.798590
  • 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 North Green

• 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 North Green is near Edgecombe County and also Wilson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Edgecombe County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson 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 North Green

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Green ...

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.

• Brake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Brake is located in Edgecombe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brake
• Forest Oaks
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Forest Oaks is located in Nash County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
• Fox Run
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fox Run is located in Nash County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
• Gold Rock
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Gold Rock is located in Nash County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Rock
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gold Rock <1>
• High Meadows
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • High Meadows is located in Nash County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
• Little Easonburg
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Easonburg is located in Nash County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Easonburg
• Meadow Brook
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Meadow Brook is located in Edgecombe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
• Quail Hollow
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Quail Hollow is located in Nash County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
• Rocky Mount
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rocky Mount is located in Edgecombe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,689 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Mount <1>
• Woodgreen
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodgreen is located in Nash County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodgreen

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Green and extending to:

• Nashville, which is the Seat of Nash County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from North Green to Nashville, with an average speed<3> 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 49 miles [78.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 205 miles [329.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,054 miles [9,743 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,748 miles [10,859.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,630 miles [7,451.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'