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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 Tenmile Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tenmile Fork 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 Tenmile Fork:
- 35.056459, -77.205641
- 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 Tenmile Fork
- 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 Jones County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
- Since Tenmile Fork is near Craven County and also Onslow County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craven County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Onslow 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 Tenmile Fork
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tenmile Fork ...
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.
- Clark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cypress Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cypress Shores is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Shores
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Holly Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Holly Hills is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Jones Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Olivers Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Pollocksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Quail Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quail Ridge is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Ravenswood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ravenswood is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- River Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- River Bend is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
- Snug Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Snug Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
How Far From Tenmile Fork 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 Tenmile Fork to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tenmile Fork and extending to:
- Trenton, which is the Seat of Jones County, lies just to the West.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Tenmile Fork 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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 265 miles [426.5 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,068 miles [9,765.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,756 miles [10,872.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,641 miles [7,469 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tenmile Fork) 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 Tenmile Fork 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 Tenmile Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0565, Longitude: -77.2056 In this case, the coordinates for Tenmile Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.163 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.17 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.172 degrees. |
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