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Tidbits & Trivia
Introduction ...
Below is our collection of tidbits and odds 'n ends for River Road Minor.
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in River Road Minor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to River Road Minor 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 River Road Minor:
- 35.655160, -77.424967<1>
- 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 River Road Minor
- 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 Pitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pitt County
- Since River Road Minor is near Edgecombe County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edgecombe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 River Road Minor
Curious and Interesting Names Near River Road Minor ...
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.
- Bruce
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bruce is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Evans Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Evans Park is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
- Falkland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Falkland is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Frog Level
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Frog Level is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
- Green Farm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Farm is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Farm
- Green Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Springs is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville Heights is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Heights
- Higgs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Higgs is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgs
- Hollands
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hollands is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands
- House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- House is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Lincoln Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Park is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Meadowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowbrook is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Minnie Bert
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Minnie Bert is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie Bert
- Red Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Red Oak is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Ripple City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ripple City is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
- Rock Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rock Spring is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring
- Rock Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Springs is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rollingwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rollingwood is also located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
How Far From River Road Minor 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 included the distance from a community such as River Road Minor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in River Road Minor and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Pitt County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from River Road Minor to Raleigh, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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 224 miles [360.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,052 miles [9,739.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,744 miles [10,853.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,626 miles [7,444.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | GPS Coordinates for River Road Minor:
Decimal: 35.65516, -77.424967
DDMMSS: 35° 39' 18", -77° 25' 29" |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- River Road Minor) 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 River Road Minor 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 River Road Minor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6552, Longitude: -77.4250 In this case, the coordinates for River Road Minor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.268 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.378 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.05 degrees. |
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