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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 Wilkinson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilkinson and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Wilkinson:
    • 35.609331, -76.698825
    • 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 Wilkinson
  • 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 Beaufort County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort County
    • Since Wilkinson is near Hyde County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hyde County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Wilkinson

Communities Also Named Wilkinson ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Wilkinson.

Within North Carolina, the name Wilkinson is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Shasta County and lies 2,461 miles [3,960.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wilkinson that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Wilkinson.
    • Illinois
      • DeKalb County
      • This Wilkinson is located in DeKalb County and lies 784 miles [1,261.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wilkinson that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Wilkinson.
    • Indiana
      • Hancock County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Hancock County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wilkinson that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Wilkinson.
      • Warrick County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Wilkinson [Warrick County].
    • Kansas
      • Logan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wilkinson [Logan County].
    • Michigan
      • Berrien County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wilkinson [Berrien County].
    • Minnesota
      • Cass County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Cass County and lies 1,222 miles [1,966.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wilkinson that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Wilkinson.
    • Mississippi
      • Lincoln County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Lincoln County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wilkinson that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Wilkinson.
      • Wilkinson County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County and lies 890 miles [1,432.3 km] to the west southwest of the Wilkinson that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkinson County community of Wilkinson.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Wilkinson [Saint Louis County].
    • Ontario
      • This Wilkinson lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the north of the Wilkinson that is located in Beaufort County.
    • Texas
      • Titus County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Titus County and lies 1,049 miles [1,688.2 km]<1> to the west of the Wilkinson that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Titus County community of Wilkinson.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Logan County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wilkinson that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Wilkinson.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilkinson ...

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.

  • Bishops Cross
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Bishops Cross is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Cross
  • Hoophole Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hoophole Landing is located in Hyde County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoophole Landing
  • Pike Road
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pike Road is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Road
  • Pinetown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Pinetown is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetown
  • Piney Grove Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Piney Grove Landing is located in Hyde County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove Landing
  • Rodmans Quarter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rodmans Quarter is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodmans Quarter
  • Sandy Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Landing is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Landing
  • Sixth Siding
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sixth Siding is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixth Siding
  • Union Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Union Grove is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove

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

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

  • Washington, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Wilkinson to Washington, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 227 miles [365.3 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 6,022 miles [9,691.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,711 miles [10,800.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,595 miles [7,394.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilkinson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Wilkinson 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.
<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 Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6093, Longitude: -76.6988       In this case, the coordinates for Wilkinson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.862 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.908 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.791 degrees.