Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pender, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pender and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pender
- 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 Pender:
- 36.310431, -77.592753
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Pender
- 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 Halifax County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Halifax County
- Since Pender is near Northampton County and also Nash County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- eBird sighting report for Nash 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Pender ...
We found three communities that share the name Pender.
Within North Carolina, the name Pender is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pender ...
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.
- Beaverdam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Days Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Days Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Crossroads
- Days Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Garysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysburg
- Garysburg is located in Northampton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 913 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garysburg <4>
- Heathsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Heathsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Lewis Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Crossroads
- Lewis Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Mud Castle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mud Castle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Castle
- Mud Castle is located in Northampton County
- Pea Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Pierces Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierces Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Crossroads
- Pierces Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Rosemary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Ruggles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
How Far From Pender 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 Pender to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pender and extending to:
- Halifax, which is the Seat of Halifax County, lies just to the North.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Pender to Raleigh, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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 181 miles [291.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,032 miles [9,707.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,726 miles [10,824.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,608 miles [7,415.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pender. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Halifax County: www.halifaxnc.com/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Pender 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pender) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pender. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3104, Longitude: -77.5928 In this case, the coordinates for Pender have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Pender to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.34 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.559 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.888 degrees. |