Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Phillips Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Phillips Crossroads and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Phillips Crossroads
- 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 Phillips Crossroads:
- 35.086828, -77.445796
- 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 Phillips Crossroads
- 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 Jones County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jones County
- Since Phillips Crossroads is near Lenoir County and also Craven County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lenoir County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Phillips Crossroads ...
We found three communities that share the name Phillips Crossroads.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Phillips Crossroads.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Edgecombe County
- This Phillips Crossroads is located in Edgecombe County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Phillips Crossroads that is located in Jones County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgecombe County community of Phillips Crossroads.
- Edgecombe County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dale County
- This Phillips Crossroads is located in Dale County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Phillips Crossroads that is located in Jones County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dale County community of Phillips Crossroads.
- Shelby 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 Alabama community of Phillips Crossroads [Shelby County].
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Phillips Crossroads ...
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.
- Comfort
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Cove City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Dover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Elm Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Olivers Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olivers Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jones County
- Pollocks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Shady Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Wise Forks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wise Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
How Far From Phillips Crossroads 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 Phillips Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Phillips Crossroads and extending to:
- Trenton, which is the Seat of Jones County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Phillips Crossroads 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 264 miles [424.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,078 miles [9,781.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,766 miles [10,888.8 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>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Jones County: www.co.jones.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Phillips Crossroads) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Phillips Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0868, Longitude: -77.4458 In this case, the coordinates for Phillips Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Phillips Crossroads 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> | 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 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 Phillips Crossroads to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.296 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.326 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.251 degrees. |