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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 Old Farm, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Farm and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Old Farm:
    • 35.314330, -77.595248
    • 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 Old Farm
  • 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 Lenoir County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir County
    • Since Old Farm is near Greene County and also Jones County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones 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 Old Farm

Communities Also Named Old Farm ...

We found ten communities that are also named Old Farm.

There are five communities within North Carolina that are also named Old Farm.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Caldwell County
      • This Old Farm is located in Caldwell County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Old Farm that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Old Farm.
    • Cleveland County
      • This Old Farm is located in Cleveland County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the west of the Old Farm that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Old Farm.
    • Iredell County
      • This Old Farm is located in Iredell County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Old Farm that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Old Farm.
    • Mecklenburg County
      • This Old Farm is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the west of the Old Farm that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Old Farm.
    • Wake County
      • This Old Farm is located in Wake County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Old Farm that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Old Farm.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • DuPage County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Old Farm [DuPage County].
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Old Farm is located in Frederick County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the north of the Old Farm that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Old Farm.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Old Farm is located in Montgomery County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km] to the north of the Old Farm that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Old Farm.
    • South Carolina
      • York County
      • This Old Farm is located in York County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the west of the Old Farm that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Old Farm.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Old Farm is located in Hamilton County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km]<1> to the west of the Old Farm that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Old Farm.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Farm ...

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.

  • Booker T Washington
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Booker T Washington is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker T Washington
  • Branchwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Branchwood is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchwood
  • Club Pines
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Club Pines is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club Pines
  • Clubview
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Clubview is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubview
  • George Washington Carver
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Georgetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Georgetown is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Greenmead
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenmead is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmead
  • Grove Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Grove Park is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
  • Harveytown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Harveytown is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
  • Hickory Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Howard Hights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Howard Hights is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Hights
  • Hullwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hullwood is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullwood
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Liberty Hill Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Liberty Hill Park is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Park
    • Mary Beth Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Mary Beth Park is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Beth Park
    • Random Woods
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Random Woods is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Woods
    • Rolling Pines
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rolling Pines is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Pines
    • Tanglewood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Tanglewood is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Tarheel Courts
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tarheel Courts is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarheel Courts
    • Tower Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Tower Heights is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Heights
    • Trinity Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Trinity Woods is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Woods

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Old Farm and extending to:

  • Kinston, which is the Seat of Lenoir County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Old Farm to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 249 miles [400.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,074 miles [9,775.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,764 miles [10,885.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,648 miles [7,480.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Farm) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Old Farm 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.
<3>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.
<4>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 Old Farm 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 Old Farm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3143, Longitude: -77.5952       In this case, the coordinates for Old Farm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.373 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.448 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.23 degrees.