Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Pipkin Place

• 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 Pipkin Place:
  • 36.441265, -76.940516
  • 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 Pipkin Place

• 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 Gates County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gates County
  • Since Pipkin Place is near Hertford County and also Southampton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hertford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Southampton 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 Pipkin Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pipkin Place ...

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.

• California
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • California is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
• High Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • High Hill is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
• Mill Neck
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mill Neck is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Neck
• Mount Gallows
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Mount Gallows is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallows
• Pettys Shore
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Pettys Shore is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettys Shore
• Pleasant Plains
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Plains is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
• Rays Beach
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rays Beach is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Beach
• Savages Crossroads
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Savages Crossroads is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savages Crossroads
• Storys
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Storys is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storys
• Sweepstakes ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Sweepstakes is located in Southampton County (VA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweepstakes
• Tarheel
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Tarheel is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarheel
• Union
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Union is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

How Far From Pipkin Place 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 Pipkin Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Pipkin Place and extending to:

• Gatesville, which is the Seat of Gates County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pipkin Place to Gatesville, with an average speed<2> 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 105 miles [169 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 169 miles [272 km] to the north (N). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,998 miles [9,652.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,691 miles [10,768.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,573 miles [7,359.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'