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 Pebblebrook:
35.811263, -78.471112
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 Pebblebrook
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 Wake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Pebblebrook.
Within North Carolina, the name Pebblebrook is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Pebblebrook is located in Hillsborough County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pebblebrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Pebblebrook.
Georgia
Tift County
This Pebblebrook is located in Tift County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pebblebrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tift County community of Pebblebrook.
South Carolina
Spartanburg County
This Pebblebrook is located in Spartanburg County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pebblebrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Pebblebrook.
Virginia
Hanover County
This Pebblebrook is located in Hanover County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pebblebrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Pebblebrook.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pebblebrook ...
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.
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 Pebblebrook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pebblebrook and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the Seat of Wake County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pebblebrook to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 227 miles [365.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,091 miles [9,802.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,786 miles [10,921 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,667 miles [7,510.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pebblebrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Pebblebrook 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 Pebblebrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8113, Longitude: -78.4711 In this case, the coordinates for Pebblebrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.855 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.073 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.398 degrees.