Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Shawboro:
  • 36.405433, -76.094096
  • 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 Shawboro

• 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 Currituck County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Currituck County
  • Since Shawboro is near Camden County and also Pasquotank County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pasquotank 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 Shawboro

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shawboro ...

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.

• Burnt Mills
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Burnt Mills is located in Camden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mills
• Coinjock
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Coinjock is located in Currituck County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coinjock
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coinjock <1>
• Greentown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Greentown is located in Currituck County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
• Gregory
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Gregory is located in Currituck County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
• Guinea
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Guinea is located in Currituck County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea
• Gum Corner
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Gum Corner is located in Currituck County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Corner
• Indiantown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Indiantown is located in Camden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
• Lambs Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Lambs Corner is located in Camden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
• Maple
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Maple is located in Currituck County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
• Morse
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Morse is located in Currituck County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
• Panther Landing
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Panther Landing is located in Currituck County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Landing
• Riddle
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Riddle is located in Camden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
• Rosewood
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Rosewood is located in Pasquotank County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
• Waterlily
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Waterlily is located in Currituck County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlily

How Far From Shawboro 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 Shawboro to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Shawboro and extending to:

• Currituck, which is the Seat of Currituck County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Shawboro to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 179 miles [288.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,962 miles [9,594.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,653 miles [10,707 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,536 miles [7,300 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'