Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Weeksville:
  • 36.206547, -76.174097
  • 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 Weeksville

• 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 Pasquotank County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pasquotank County
  • Since Old Weeksville is near Camden County and also Perquimans County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Perquimans 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 Weeksville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Weeksville ...

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.

• Bob White Fork
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bob White Fork is located in Pasquotank County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob White Fork
• Elizabeth City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Elizabeth City is located in Pasquotank County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,013 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabeth City <1>
• Elizabeth City Beach
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Elizabeth City Beach is located in Camden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City Beach
• Frog Island
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Frog Island is located in Pasquotank County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Island
• Glen Cove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Glen Cove is located in Pasquotank County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
• Jethro Park
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jethro Park is located in Pasquotank County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jethro Park
• Listers Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Listers Corner is located in Pasquotank County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listers Corner
• Oak Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Grove is located in Pasquotank County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Poolville ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Poolville is located in Pasquotank County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poolville

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

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

• Elizabeth City, which is the Seat of Pasquotank County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Old Weeksville to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>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 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 191 miles [307.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,974 miles [9,614.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,664 miles [10,724.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,547 miles [7,317.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'