Portsmouth
in Carteret County of North Carolina, United States
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Billy Mitchell Airport (28 mi) - Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (55 mi)
- Rocky Mount Wilson Regional Airport (116 mi)
- Wilmington International Airport (118 mi)
- Norfolk International Airport (126 mi)
- Newport News Williamsburg International Airport (144 mi)
- Richmond International Airport (182 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 35.070 and -76.064 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 35° 4' 10" and W -76° 3' 49"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - USD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Spanish, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 01:29 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: America/New_York
- UTC/GMT offset: -10 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:46 am and 4:54 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -33.937 and 115.018 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Burnside - References
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- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United States.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United States. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Discover Portsmouth
Portsmouth in Carteret County (North Carolina) is a place in United States about 270 mi (or 434 km) south of Washington DC, the country's capital city.
Current time in Portsmouth is now 01:29 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named America / New York with an UTC offset of -5 hours. We know of 7 airports near Portsmouth, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United States is Billy Mitchell Airport in a distance of 28 mi (or 44 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Swanquarter, Beaufort, Bayboro, Columbia and Manteo. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 13°C / 55 °F
| Morning Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 14°C / 57 °F |
| Night Temperature | 10°C / 49 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 1% |
| Air Humidity | 44% |
| Air Pressure | 1008 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Strong breeze with 19 km/h (12 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Thursday, 21st of November 2024
8°C (47 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Sky is clear, fresh breeze, clear sky.
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
13°C (56 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Few clouds, fresh breeze.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
14°C (56 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Videos from this area
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Ocracoke & Cape Lookout Lighthouses
Take a tour of 2 of North Carolina's more scenic lighthouses that can only be accessed by boat.
Ocracoke Island Day Trip
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DanTraveling - Ocracoke Island, NC
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Blacktip Shark Landed on Ocracoke Island, NC
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Seth Stainback - Til It's Gone Live from Ocracoke, NC Dec 28, 2014
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Sunset at Ocracoke
October 20, 2014 at Captains Landing on Silver Lake.
Piper Arrow landing Ocracoke
Piper Arrow landing at Ocracoke Island in Aug 2007. (to eat lunch at Howard's Pub)
Flying Approach to Ocracoke Island
Flight into Ocracoke Airport (W95), North Carolina Outer Banks, in a Bonanza V35.
Ocracoke, NC WeatherStar 4000
Digital camera video of one of the few remaining 4000's left in the US. This is located at the Ocracoke/Cedar Island Ferry Lounge on Ocracoke Island.
Ocracoke Duck Hunt Teaser
Ocracoke NC Duck Hunt- Redheads and Pintails teaser.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Portsmouth, North Carolina
Portsmouth was a fishing and shipping village located on the north end of the Core Banks on the Outer Banks in North Carolina. The site lies on Portsmouth Island in Carteret County, across Ocracoke Inlet from the village of Ocracoke. The town was established in 1753, and abandoned in 1971. Its remains are now part of the Cape Lookout National Seashore.
Beacon Island, North Carolina
Beacon Island, in Portsmouth Township, Carteret County, North Carolina, was an island that was in the Ocracoke Inlet, two miles to the west-southwest of Ocracoke village on Okrakoke Island. During the American Civil War it was the site of a Confederate Army Fort Okrakoke. The site of Beacon Island subsided beneath the water of the inlet in the early 20th century.
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