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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 Tunis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tunis 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 Tunis:
    • 36.380754, -76.888850
    • 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 Tunis
  • 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 Hertford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hertford County
    • Since Tunis is near Gates County and also Bertie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gates County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bertie 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 Tunis

Communities Also Named Tunis ...

We found ten communities that are also named Tunis.

Within North Carolina, the name Tunis is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Greene County
      • This Tunis is located in Greene County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<1> to the west of the Tunis that is located in Hertford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Tunis.
    • Georgia
      • Henry County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Tunis [Henry County].
    • Maryland
      • Talbot County
      • This Tunis is located in Talbot County and lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the north of the Tunis that is located in Hertford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Tunis.
    • Michigan
      • Baraga County
      • This Tunis is located in Baraga County and lies 920 miles [1,480.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tunis that is located in Hertford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baraga County community of Tunis.
    • Montana
      • Chouteau County
      • This Tunis is located in Chouteau County and lies 1,890 miles [3,041.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tunis that is located in Hertford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chouteau County community of Tunis.
    • New Mexico
      • Grant County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Tunis [Grant County].
      • Luna County
      • This Tunis is located in Luna County and lies 1,784 miles [2,871.1 km]<1> to the west of the Tunis that is located in Hertford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luna County community of Tunis.
    • Ontario
      • This Tunis lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km]<1> to the north of the Tunis that is located in Hertford County.
    • Texas
      • Burleson County
      • This Tunis is located in Burleson County and lies 1,198 miles [1,928 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tunis that is located in Hertford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burleson County community of Tunis.
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham County
      • This Tunis is located in Rockingham County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Tunis that is located in Hertford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Tunis.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tunis ...

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.

  • California
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • California is located in Hertford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
  • Eleanors Crossroads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Eleanors Crossroads is located in Gates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanors Crossroads
  • Gatesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mount Gallows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Gallows is located in Hertford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallows
  • Pettys Shore
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Pettys Shore is located in Hertford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettys Shore
  • Pleasant Plains
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Plains is located in Hertford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
  • Rays Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Rays Beach is located in Gates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Beach
  • Storys
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Storys is located in Gates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storys
  • Tarheel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Tarheel is located in Gates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarheel
  • Union
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Union is located in Hertford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

How Far From Tunis 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 Tunis to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tunis and extending to:

  • Winton, which is the Seat of Hertford County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Tunis to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 173 miles [278.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,998 miles [9,652.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,691 miles [10,768.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,573 miles [7,359.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tunis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Tunis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Tunis could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Tunis 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 Tunis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3808, Longitude: -76.8889       In this case, the coordinates for Tunis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.938 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.11 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.59 degrees.