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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 Wise Forks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wise Forks 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 Wise Forks:
- 35.218072, -77.511273
- 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 Wise Forks
- 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 Jones County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
- Since Wise Forks is near Lenoir County and also Craven County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craven 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 Wise Forks
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wise Forks ...
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.
- Booker T Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Booker T Washington is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker T Washington
- Dover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elm Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elm Grove is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
- George Washington Carver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Grove Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grove Park is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Harveytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harveytown is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
- Howard Hights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Howard Hights is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Hights
- Liberty Hill Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Hill Park is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Park
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Meadow Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Meadow Brook is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Parrott Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Parrott Fork is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott Fork
- Rolling Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rolling Pines is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Pines
- Shady Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tarheel Courts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tarheel Courts is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarheel Courts
- Tower Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tower Heights is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Heights
How Far From Wise Forks 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 Wise Forks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wise Forks and extending to:
- Trenton, which is the Seat of Jones County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wise Forks to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 255 miles [410.4 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five 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 6,075 miles [9,776.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,764 miles [10,885.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,648 miles [7,480.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wise Forks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Wise Forks 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 Wise Forks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2181, Longitude: -77.5113 In this case, the coordinates for Wise Forks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.329 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.383 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.231 degrees. |
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