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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 Rountree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rountree 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 Rountree:
- 35.479374, -77.481662
- 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 Rountree
- 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 Rountree is near Greene County and also Lenoir County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir 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 Rountree
Communities Also Named Rountree ...
We found one communities that are also named Rountree.
Within North Carolina, the name Rountree is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Rountree in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Emanuel County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Rountree [Emanuel County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rountree ...
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.
- Cannon Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cannon Crossroads is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Crossroads
- Club Pines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Club Pines is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club Pines
- Fountain Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fountain Hill is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Hill
- Fourway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fourway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourway
- Frog Level
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Frog Level is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
- Haddocks Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Haddocks Crossroads is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddocks Crossroads
- Hugo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hugo is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Littlefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Littlefield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield
- Lizzie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lizzie is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzie
- Pleasant Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Red Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Robinson Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Heights is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Heights
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rollingwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rollingwood is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Shamrock Terrace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shamrock Terrace is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Terrace
- Strawberry Banks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Strawberry Banks is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Banks
- Treetops
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Treetops is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treetops
- Willow Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Winterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Rountree 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 Rountree to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Rountree and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Pitt County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rountree to Greenville, with an average speed<4> 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 68 miles [109.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 237 miles [381.4 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,062 miles [9,755.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,753 miles [10,867.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,636 miles [7,460.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Rountree could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 'straight-line' (or 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- Rountree) 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 Rountree 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 Rountree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4794, Longitude: -77.4817 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.305 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.395 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.131 degrees. |
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