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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 Sumnersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sumnersville 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 Sumnersville:
- 36.532097, -76.640508
- 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 Sumnersville
- 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 Gates County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gates County
- Since Sumnersville is near Suffolk City and also Chowan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suffolk City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chowan 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 Sumnersville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sumnersville ...
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.
- Box Elder
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Box Elder is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
- Drum Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Drum Hill is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum Hill
- Eleanors Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eleanors Crossroads is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanors Crossroads
- Flat Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Flat Branch is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
- Folly Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Folly Fork is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folly Fork
- Gates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Holly Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Grove is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Kellogs Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kellogs Fork is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogs Fork
- Leesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Leesville is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Savage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Savage is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Savages Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Savages Crossroads is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savages Crossroads
- Silver Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Silver Springs is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
How Far From Sumnersville 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 Sumnersville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Sumnersville once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sumnersville and extending to:
- Gatesville, which is the Seat of Gates County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sumnersville to Gatesville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 164 miles [263.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,981 miles [9,625.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,674 miles [10,740.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,556 miles [7,332.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sumnersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sumnersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Sumnersville 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 Sumnersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5321, Longitude: -76.6405 In this case, the coordinates for Sumnersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.79 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.965 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.439 degrees. |
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