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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Poyners Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Poyners Hill and the surrounding area.
- 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 Poyners Hill:
- 36.274050, -75.796025
- 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 Poyners Hill
- 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 Currituck County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Currituck County
- Since Poyners Hill is near Dare County and also Camden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dare County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Camden 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 Poyners Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Poyners Hill ...
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.
- Duck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gulls Flight
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gulls Flight is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulls Flight
- Ocean Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ocean Pines is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Pines
- Olds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Olds is located in Currituck County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olds
- Poplar Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sandy Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Schooner Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Schooner Ridge is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooner Ridge
- Sea Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sea Ridge is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Ridge
- Shipswatch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shipswatch is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipswatch
- Snow Geese Dunes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Snow Geese Dunes is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Geese Dunes
- Walnut Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Island is located in Currituck County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Island
- Wild Duck Dunes
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wild Duck Dunes is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Duck Dunes
How Far From Poyners Hill to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Poyners Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Poyners Hill once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Poyners Hill and extending to:
- Currituck, which is the Seat of Currituck County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Poyners Hill to Currituck, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 162 miles [260.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,954 miles [9,582 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,528 miles [7,287.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Poyners Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Poyners Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Poyners Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Poyners Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2741, Longitude: -75.7960 In this case, the coordinates for Poyners Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.328 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.398 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.21 degrees. |
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