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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 Speights Bridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Speights Bridge 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 Speights Bridge:
- 35.559625, -77.735749
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Speights Bridge
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Speights Bridge ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birchwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Birchwood is located in Pitt County
- Daisy Siding
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daisy Siding have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Siding
- Daisy Siding is located in Greene County
- Eureka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Farmville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Fountain is located in Pitt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain <2>
- Herrings Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herrings Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Greene County
- Hill View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill View
- Hill View is located in Greene County
- Lizzie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lizzie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzie
- Lizzie is located in Greene County
- Snow Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Watery Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watery Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watery Branch
- Watery Branch is located in Wayne County
How Far From Speights Bridge 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 Speights Bridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Speights Bridge and extending to:
- Snow Hill, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<4> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Speights Bridge to Raleigh, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 233 miles [375 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,070 miles [9,768.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,762 miles [10,882.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,644 miles [7,473.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Speights Bridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Greene County: www.co.greene.nc.us/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
<2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Speights Bridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Speights Bridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5596, Longitude: -77.7357 In this case, the coordinates for Speights Bridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | 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 Speights Bridge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
<7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.445 degrees. |
<8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.567 degrees. |
<9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.20 degrees. |
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