Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Shadetown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shadetown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Shadetown

• 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 Shadetown:
  • 35.347662, -77.802479
  • 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 Shadetown

• 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 Lenoir County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir County
  • Since Shadetown is near Wayne County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Shadetown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shadetown ...

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.

• Best
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Best is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
• Cokers Crossroads
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cokers Crossroads is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokers Crossroads
• Deerwood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Deerwood is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
• Fields
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fields is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
• Hood Swamp
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hood Swamp is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Swamp
• Institute
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Institute is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Institute
• Jason
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jason is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
• Jenny Lind
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jenny Lind is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
• Little Baltimore
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Baltimore is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Baltimore
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Parkstown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Parkstown is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkstown
  • Parrots
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Parrots is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrots
  • Ravenwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Ravenwood is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
  • Tiffany Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Tiffany Gardens is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany Gardens
  • Walnut Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
  • Wheat Swamp
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Wheat Swamp is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Swamp

How Far From Shadetown to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Shadetown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Shadetown and extending to:

• Kinston, which is the Seat of Lenoir County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Shadetown to Kinston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 248 miles [399.1 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,082 miles [9,788 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,773 miles [10,900.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,656 miles [7,493.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'