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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 Smallwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Smallwood and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Smallwood:
    • 35.562940, -77.032729
    • 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 Smallwood
  • 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 Beaufort County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort County
    • Since Smallwood is near Pitt County and also Martin 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 Martin 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 Smallwood

Communities Also Named Smallwood ...

We found six communities that are also named Smallwood.

Within North Carolina, the name Smallwood is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Comanche 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 Kansas community of Smallwood [Comanche County].
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Smallwood is located in Carroll County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<2> to the north of the Smallwood that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Smallwood.
    • New York
      • Sullivan County
      • This Smallwood is located in Sullivan County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Smallwood that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Smallwood.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • This Smallwood is located in Washington County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Smallwood that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Smallwood.
    • South Carolina
      • Fairfield County
      • This Smallwood is located in Fairfield County and lies 238 miles [383 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Smallwood that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Smallwood.
      • Laurens County
      • This Smallwood is located in Laurens County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km] to the west southwest of the Smallwood that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laurens County community of Smallwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Smallwood ...

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.

  • Douglas Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Douglas Crossroads is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Crossroads
  • Hall Swamp
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hall Swamp is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Swamp
  • Hootentown
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hootentown is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hootentown
  • Mimosa Shores
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Mimosa Shores is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Shores
  • Pineygrove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Pineygrove is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineygrove
  • Porter Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Porter Junction is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Junction
  • River Road
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • River Road is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
  • Rosedale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosedale is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Shady Banks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Shady Banks is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Banks
  • Slatestone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Slatestone is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatestone

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Smallwood and extending to:

  • Washington, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Smallwood to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>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 6 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 230 miles [370.1 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 6,039 miles [9,718.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,729 miles [10,829.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,612 miles [7,422.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Smallwood 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>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 from Point A (ie- Smallwood) 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 Smallwood 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 Smallwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5629, Longitude: -77.0327       In this case, the coordinates for Smallwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.051 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.116 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.933 degrees.