Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Riddicks Landing:
  • 36.531264, -76.925516
  • 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 Riddicks Landing

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Riddicks Landing ...

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.

• Factory Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Factory Hill is located in Suffolk City (VA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Hill
• Gates
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Gates is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gates <1>
• Kingsdale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Kingsdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
• Mill Neck
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mill Neck is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Neck
• Mount Gallows
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mount Gallows is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallows
• Savages Crossroads
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Savages Crossroads is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savages Crossroads
• Storys
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Storys is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storys
• Sunbeam
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunbeam is located in Southampton County (VA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
• Sweepstakes ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Sweepstakes is located in Southampton County (VA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweepstakes
• Tarheel
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tarheel is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarheel

How Far From Riddicks Landing 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 Riddicks Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Winton, which is the Seat of Hertford County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Riddicks Landing to Winton, with an average speed<3> 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 108 miles [173.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 163 miles [262.3 km] to the north (N). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,993 miles [9,644.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,687 miles [10,761.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,569 miles [7,353.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'