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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 Paige, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paige and the surrounding area.
- 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 Paige:
- 35.615161, -77.394132
- 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 Paige
- 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 Pitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pitt County
- Since Paige is near Greene County and also Edgecombe 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 Edgecombe 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 Paige
Communities Also Named Paige ...
We found four communities that are also named Paige.
Within North Carolina, the name Paige is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Tulare County
- This Paige is located in Tulare County and lies 2,332 miles [3,753 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Paige that is located in Pitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Paige.
- Michigan
- Alger 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 Michigan community of Paige [Alger County].
- Texas
- Bastrop County
- This Paige is located in Bastrop County and lies 1,200 miles [1,931.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Paige that is located in Pitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bastrop County community of Paige.
- Virginia
- Caroline County
- This Paige is located in Caroline County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the north of the Paige that is located in Pitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Paige.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paige ...
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.
- Evans Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Evans Park is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
- Green Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Springs is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greenville Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greenville Heights is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Heights
- Higgs
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Higgs is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgs
- Lincoln Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lincoln Park is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Lynndale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lynndale is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynndale
- Meadowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Meadowbrook is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Ripple City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ripple City is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
- Rock Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rollingwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rollingwood is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
How Far From Paige 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 Paige to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Paige and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Pitt County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Paige to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take three full days. 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 227 miles [365.3 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,053 miles [9,741.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,744 miles [10,853.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,627 miles [7,446.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Paige) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Paige 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Paige 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 Paige. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6152, Longitude: -77.3941 In this case, the coordinates for Paige have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.252 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.354 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.052 degrees. |
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