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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 Seaboard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seaboard 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 Seaboard:
- 36.490320, -77.441635
- 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 Seaboard
- 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 Northampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- Since Seaboard is near Greensville County and also Southampton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greensville 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 Seaboard
Communities Also Named Seaboard ...
We found three communities that are also named Seaboard.
Within North Carolina, the name Seaboard is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Washington County
- This Seaboard is located in Washington County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Seaboard that is located in Northampton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Seaboard.
- New Jersey
- Hudson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Seaboard [Hudson County].
- Virginia
- Tazewell County
- This Seaboard is located in Tazewell County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Seaboard that is located in Northampton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Seaboard.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Seaboard ...
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.
- Brewers Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brewers Crossroads is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers Crossroads
- Creeksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Creeksville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeksville
- Edwards Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
- Garysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gumberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gumberry is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumberry
- Hugo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hugo is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Little Texas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Margarettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Mitchells Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchells Mill is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Mill
- Mud Castle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mud Castle is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Castle
- Pleasant Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Skippers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Seaboard 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 town such as Seaboard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Seaboard and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Northampton County, lies just to the South.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Seaboard to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 167 miles [268.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,017 miles [9,683.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,713 miles [10,803.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,593 miles [7,391.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Seaboard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Seaboard 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Seaboard 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 Seaboard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4903, Longitude: -77.4416 In this case, the coordinates for Seaboard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.247 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.48 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.766 degrees. |
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