Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Trinity Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trinity Woods and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Trinity Woods

• 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 Trinity Woods:
  • 35.311274, -77.643583
  • 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 Trinity Woods

• 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 Trinity Woods is near Greene County and also Jones County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones 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 Trinity Woods

Curious and Interesting Names Near Trinity Woods ...

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.

• Branchwood
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Branchwood is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchwood
• Club Pines
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Club Pines is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club Pines
• Clubview
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Clubview is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubview
• Hickory Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Hickory Hills is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
• Hullwood
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Hullwood is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullwood
• Parrots
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Parrots is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrots
• Random Woods
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Random Woods is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Woods
• Tanglewood
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Tanglewood is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
• Wheat Swamp
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Wheat Swamp is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Swamp

How Far From Trinity Woods to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Trinity Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Trinity Woods and extending to:

• Kinston, which is the Seat of Lenoir County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Trinity Woods to Raleigh, with an average speed<2> 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 about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 249 miles [400.7 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 15 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,077 miles [9,780 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,767 miles [10,890.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,650 miles [7,483.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'