Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Pike 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 Pike Crossroads:
  • 35.490994, -78.059434
  • 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 Pike 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
  • Since Pike Crossroads is near Johnston County and also Wilson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnston County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson 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 Pike Crossroads

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pike 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.

• Greenleaf
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
• Hickory Crossroads
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hickory Crossroads is located in Johnston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Crossroads
• Hollands Crossroads
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hollands Crossroads is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands Crossroads
• Kirbys Crossing
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Kirbys Crossing is located in Wilson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbys Crossing
• Peacock Crossroads
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Peacock Crossroads is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock Crossroads
• Pikeville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Pikeville is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 677 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pikeville <1>
• Pleasant View
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant View is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
• Rains Crossroads
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
• Rosewood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Rosewood is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
• Stoney Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Stoney Creek is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Creek

How Far From Pike Crossroads to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pike Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pike Crossroads and extending to:

• Goldsboro, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Pike Crossroads to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 241 miles [387.9 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 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,087 miles [9,796.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,779 miles [10,909.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,662 miles [7,502.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'