Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Scotts Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scotts Crossroads and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Scotts Crossroads
- 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 Scotts Crossroads:
- 35.794880, -77.536638
- 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 Scotts Crossroads
- 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 Edgecombe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Edgecombe County
- Since Scotts Crossroads is near Pitt County and also Wilson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pitt County
- eBird sighting report for Wilson 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 Scotts Crossroads ...
We found one communities that share the name Scotts Crossroads.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Scotts Crossroads.
Beyond North Carolina.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Iredell 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 North Carolina community of Scotts Crossroads [Iredell County].
- Iredell County
Curious and Interesting Names Near Scotts Crossroads ...
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.
- Conetoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Crisp
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Deans Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deans Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Heights
- Deans Heights is located in Edgecombe County
- Falkland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Henrietta
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Hollands
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Mildred
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Penny Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penny Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penny Hill
- Penny Hill is located in Pitt County
- Pinetops
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetops
- Pinetops is located in Edgecombe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,221 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinetops <3>
- Princeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
- Princeville is located in Edgecombe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
- Sharp Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharp Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Woodgreen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Scotts Crossroads 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 Scotts Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Scotts Crossroads and extending to:
- Tarboro, which is the Seat of Edgecombe County, lies just to the North.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<4> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Scotts Crossroads to Raleigh, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 215 miles [346 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,051 miles [9,738.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,743 miles [10,851.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,626 miles [7,444.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Scotts Crossroads. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Scotts Crossroads 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> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Scotts Crossroads) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Scotts Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7949, Longitude: -77.5366 In this case, the coordinates for Scotts Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Scotts Crossroads to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.326 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.466 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.044 degrees. |