Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Pot Neck:
  • 35.230163, -77.709974
  • 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 Pot Neck

• 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 Lenoir County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir County
  • Since Pot Neck is near Duplin County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Duplin County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Pot Neck

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pot Neck ...

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.

• Branchwood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Branchwood is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchwood
• Deep Run
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
• Falling Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Falling Creek is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Creek
• Fields
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Fields is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
• Hickory Hills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hickory Hills is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
• Hullwood
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hullwood is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullwood
• Jenny Lind
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jenny Lind is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
• Little Baltimore
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Little Baltimore is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Baltimore
• Mary Beth Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mary Beth Park is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Beth Park
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Parrots
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Parrots is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrots
  • Parrott Fork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Parrott Fork is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott Fork
  • Random Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Random Woods is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Woods
  • Sandy Bottom
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Sandy Bottom is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
  • Tanglewood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Tanglewood is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
  • Trinity Woods
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Trinity Woods is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Woods

How Far From Pot Neck 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 Pot Neck to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Kinston, which is the Seat of Lenoir County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Pot Neck to Raleigh, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 255 miles [410.4 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,083 miles [9,789.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,773 miles [10,900.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,657 miles [7,494.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'