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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 Sharp Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sharp Point 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 Sharp Point:
- 35.717936, -77.593584
- 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 Sharp Point
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edgecombe County
- Since Sharp Point is near Pitt County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pitt 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 Sharp Point
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sharp Point ...
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.
- Birchwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Birchwood is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Bruce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bruce is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- California
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- California is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Crisp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crisp is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Falkland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Fountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hollands
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hollands is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands
- Kings Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Crossroads is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossroads
- Penny Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Penny Hill is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penny Hill
- Pinetops
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Sharp Point 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 Sharp Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sharp Point and extending to:
- Tarboro, which is the Seat of Edgecombe County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sharp Point to Tarboro, with an average speed<3> 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 58 miles [93.3 km] to the west (W). 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 221 miles [355.7 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,057 miles [9,747.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,749 miles [10,861.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,632 miles [7,454.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sharp Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Sharp Point 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 Sharp Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7179, Longitude: -77.5936 In this case, the coordinates for Sharp Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.361 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.494 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.093 degrees. |
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