Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wrendale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wrendale and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wrendale
- 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 Wrendale:
- 35.986266, -77.645530
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Wrendale
- 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 Edgecombe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Edgecombe County
- Since Wrendale is near Nash County and also Halifax County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Nash County
- eBird sighting report for Halifax 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wrendale ...
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.
- Brake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Cherry Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Crossroads
- Cherry Crossroads is located in Edgecombe County
- Deans Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deans Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Heights
- Deans Heights is located in Edgecombe County
- Gethsemane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gethsemane. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Hope Lodge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Lodge
- Hope Lodge is located in Edgecombe County
- Logsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Meadow Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Meadow Brook is located in Edgecombe County
- Pine Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Pine Ridge is located in Edgecombe County
- Rocky Mount
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Rocky Mount is located in Edgecombe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53,689 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Mount <3>
- Woodgreen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Wrendale 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 Wrendale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Wrendale and extending to:
- Tarboro, which is the Seat of Edgecombe County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<4> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Wrendale to Raleigh, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 203 miles [326.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,048 miles [9,733.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,741 miles [10,848.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,623 miles [7,440 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wrendale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wrendale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wrendale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9863, Longitude: -77.6455 In this case, the coordinates for Wrendale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Wrendale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.381 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.558 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.02 degrees. |