Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Parrots:
  • 35.311274, -77.690807
  • 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 Parrots

• 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 Parrots is near Greene County and also Wayne 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 Wayne 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 Parrots

Curious and Interesting Names Near Parrots ...

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.

• Branchwood
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Branchwood is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchwood
• Falling Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Falling Creek is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Creek
• Fields
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Fields is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
• Hickory Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Hickory Hills is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
• Hullwood
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Hullwood is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullwood
• Institute
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Institute is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Institute
• Little Baltimore
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Baltimore is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Baltimore
• Random Woods
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Random Woods is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Woods
• Tanglewood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Tanglewood is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
• Trinity Woods
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Trinity Woods is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Woods
• Wheat Swamp
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Wheat Swamp is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Swamp

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

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

• Kinston, which is the Seat of Lenoir County, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Parrots to Raleigh, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 250 miles [402.3 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,079 miles [9,783.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,769 miles [10,893.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,653 miles [7,488.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'