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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 Tick Bite, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tick Bite 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 Tick Bite:
- 35.348070, -77.430679
- 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 Tick Bite
- 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 Lenoir County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir County
- Since Tick Bite is near Pitt County and also Craven 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 Craven 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 Tick Bite
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tick Bite ...
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.
- Dover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fountain Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain Hill is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Hill
- Georgetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Greenmead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greenmead is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmead
- Grove Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Park is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Harveytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harveytown is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
- Helens Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Helens Crossroads is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helens Crossroads
- Honolulu
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Honolulu is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honolulu
- Howard Hights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Howard Hights is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Hights
- Hugo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hugo is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Liberty Hill Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill Park is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Park
- Littlefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Littlefield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Maplecypress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maplecypress is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplecypress
- Pleasant Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Rolling Pines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Pines is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Pines
- Stokestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stokestown is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokestown
- Strawberry Banks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Strawberry Banks is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Banks
- Tarheel Courts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tarheel Courts is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarheel Courts
- Tower Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tower Heights is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Heights
How Far From Tick Bite 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 Tick Bite to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tick Bite and extending to:
- Kinston, which is the Seat of Lenoir County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tick Bite to Kinston, with an average speed<2> 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 74 miles [119.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 246 miles [395.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,066 miles [9,762.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,755 miles [10,871.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,639 miles [7,465.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Tick Bite) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Tick Bite 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 Tick Bite. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3481, Longitude: -77.4307 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.28 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.347 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.157 degrees. |
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