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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 United Industrial Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to United Industrial Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for United Industrial Park
  • 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 United Industrial Park:
    • 35.649605, -77.351354
    • 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 United Industrial Park
  • 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 Pitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pitt County
    • Since United Industrial Park is near Beaufort County and also Martin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Martin 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 United Industrial Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near United Industrial Park ...

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.

  • Evans Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Evans Park is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
  • Golden Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Golden Place is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Place
  • Green Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Green Springs is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
  • Greenville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenville Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenville Heights is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Heights
  • Heritage Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Heritage Village is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
  • Higgs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Higgs is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgs
  • House
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • House is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
  • Lincoln Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Meadowbrook
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Meadowbrook is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
    • Minnie Bert
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Minnie Bert is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie Bert
    • Quail Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Ripple City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Ripple City is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
    • Rock Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Rock Springs is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
    • Windy Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Windy Ridge is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Ridge

How Far From United Industrial Park 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 United Industrial Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in United Industrial Park and extending to:

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Pitt County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from United Industrial Park 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 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 224 miles [360.5 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,049 miles [9,734.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,740 miles [10,847 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,623 miles [7,440 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- United Industrial Park) 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 United Industrial Park 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 United Industrial Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6496, Longitude: -77.3514       In this case, the coordinates for United Industrial Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.226 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.33 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.024 degrees.