Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Savage, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Savage and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Savage
- 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 Savage:
- 36.485153, -76.590784
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Savage
- 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 Gates County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Gates County
- Since Savage is near Suffolk City and also Chowan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Suffolk City
- eBird sighting report for Chowan 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Savage ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Savage.
Within North Carolina, the name Savage is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Crosby County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Savage [Crosby County].
- Fannin County
- This community is historic and although located in Fannin County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Savage.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Savage ...
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.
- Drum Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Eleanors Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eleanors Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanors Crossroads
- Eleanors Crossroads is located in Gates County
- Flat Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
- Flat Branch is located in Gates County
- Folly Fork
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Folly Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folly Fork
- Folly Fork is located in Gates County
- Gates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Gates is located in Gates County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gates <5>
- Greens Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greens Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Fork
- Greens Fork is located in Gates County
- Hobbsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobbsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbsville
- Hobbsville is located in Gates County
- Holly Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Holly Grove is located in Gates County
- Joppa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Kellogs Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kellogs Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogs Fork
- Kellogs Fork is located in Gates County
- Keys Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keys Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys Crossroads
- Keys Crossroads is located in Gates County
- Mitchells Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Fork
- Mitchells Fork is located in Gates County
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Muddy Cross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Cross
- Muddy Cross is located in Gates County
- Peach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Sandy Cross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Cross have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Sandy Cross is located in Gates County
- Silver Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Silver Springs is located in Gates County
- Trotville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Muddy Cross
How Far From Savage 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 Savage to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Savage and extending to:
- Gatesville, which is the Seat of Gates County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Savage to Gatesville, with an average speed<6> 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 124 miles [199.6 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 168 miles [270.4 km] to the north (N). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,980 miles [9,623.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,555 miles [7,330.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Savage. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Gates County: www.gatescounty.govoffice2.com/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Savage, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Savage) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Savage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4852, Longitude: -76.5908 In this case, the coordinates for Savage have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Savage 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Savage to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.764 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.928 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.437 degrees. |