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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 Pebble Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pebble Beach 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 Pebble Beach:
- 34.656551, -77.062170
- 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 Pebble Beach
- 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 Carteret County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carteret County
- Since Pebble Beach is near Onslow County and also Craven County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Onslow County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craven 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 Pebble Beach
Communities Also Named Pebble Beach ...
We found eight communities that are also named Pebble Beach.
Within North Carolina, the name Pebble Beach is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Monterey County
- This Pebble Beach is located in Monterey County and lies 2,500 miles [4,023.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pebble Beach that is located in Carteret County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of Pebble Beach.
- Illinois
- Grundy County
- This Pebble Beach is located in Grundy County and lies 769 miles [1,237.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pebble Beach that is located in Carteret County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Pebble Beach.
- Manitoba
- This Pebble Beach lies 1,552 miles [2,497.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pebble Beach that is located in Carteret County.
- New Jersey
- Ocean County
- This Pebble Beach is located in Ocean County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pebble Beach that is located in Carteret County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Pebble Beach.
- New York
- Livingston County
- This Pebble Beach is located in Livingston County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<1> to the north of the Pebble Beach that is located in Carteret County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Pebble Beach.
- South Carolina
- Horry County
- This Pebble Beach is located in Horry County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pebble Beach that is located in Carteret County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Pebble Beach.
- Texas
- Collin 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 Texas community of Pebble Beach [Collin County].
- Washington
- Island County
- This Pebble Beach is located in Island County and lies 2,482 miles [3,994.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pebble Beach that is located in Carteret County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Island County community of Pebble Beach.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pebble Beach ...
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.
- Bucks Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bucks Corner is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Corner
- Cedar Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Isle
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Foxlair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Foxlair is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxlair
- Indian Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lands End
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lands End is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lands End
- Ocean
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ocean is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean
- Queens Court
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Queens Court is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Court
- Salter Path
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Silverdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Silverdale is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
- Sound of the Sea
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sound of the Sea is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sound of the Sea
How Far From Pebble Beach 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 Pebble Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pebble Beach and extending to:
- Beaufort, which is the Seat of Carteret County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Pebble Beach to Beaufort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 292 miles [469.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,651 miles [7,485.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pebble Beach) 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 Pebble Beach 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 Pebble Beach 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 Pebble Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6566, Longitude: -77.0622 In this case, the coordinates for Pebble Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.095 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.032 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.254 degrees. |
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