Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 White Stocking:
  • 34.584612, -77.831649
  • 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 White Stocking

• 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 Pender County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pender County
  • Since White Stocking is near Duplin County and also Onslow County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Duplin 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 White Stocking

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Stocking ...

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.

• Highsmith
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Highsmith is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highsmith
• Little Kelly
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Kelly is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Kelly
• Maple Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Maple Hill is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
• Mooretown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Mooretown is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooretown
• Pin Hook
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Pin Hook is located in Duplin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
• Rocky Point
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Rocky Point is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Point <1>
• Shaken
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Shaken is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaken
• Shelter Neck
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Shelter Neck is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelter Neck
• Six Forks
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Six Forks is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Forks
• Stag Park
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Stag Park is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stag Park
• Twin Oak
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Twin Oak is located in Pender County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oak

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

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

• Burgaw, which is the Seat of Pender County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from White Stocking 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 most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 301 miles [484.4 km] to the north (N). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,116 miles [9,842.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,803 miles [10,948.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,689 miles [7,546.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'