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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 Bakersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bakersville 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 Bakersville:
    • 36.015197, -82.158356
    • 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 Bakersville
  • 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 Mitchell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell County
    • Since Bakersville is near Yancey County and also Avery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Yancey County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Avery 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 Bakersville

Communities Also Named Bakersville ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Bakersville.

There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Bakersville.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Rutherford County
      • This Bakersville is located in Rutherford County and lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Bakersville that is located in Mitchell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Bakersville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • This Bakersville is located in Litchfield County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bakersville that is located in Mitchell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Bakersville.
    • Florida
      • Saint Johns County
      • This Bakersville is located in Saint Johns County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the south of the Bakersville that is located in Mitchell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Johns County community of Bakersville.
    • Maryland
      • Washington County
      • This Bakersville is located in Washington County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bakersville that is located in Mitchell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Bakersville.
    • Michigan
      • Allegan County
      • This Bakersville is located in Allegan County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bakersville that is located in Mitchell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegan County community of Bakersville.
    • Missouri
      • Callaway County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bakersville [Callaway County].
      • Pemiscot County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bakersville [Pemiscot County].
      • Vernon County
      • This community is historic and although located in Vernon County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon County community of Bakersville.
    • New Jersey
      • Atlantic County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Bakersville [Atlantic County].
      • Mercer County
      • This Bakersville is located in Mercer County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bakersville that is located in Mitchell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Bakersville.
    • Ohio
      • Coshocton County
      • This Bakersville is located in Coshocton County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the north of the Bakersville that is located in Mitchell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Bakersville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cambria County
      • This Bakersville is located in Cambria County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bakersville that is located in Mitchell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Bakersville.
      • Somerset County
      • This Bakersville is located in Somerset County and lies 320 miles [515 km] to the north northeast of the Bakersville that is located in Mitchell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Bakersville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bakersville ...

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.

  • Cooktown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cooktown is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooktown
  • Double Island
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Green Mountain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Greene Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Greene Cove is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Cove
  • Hawk
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hawk is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk
  • Honeycutt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Honeycutt is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeycutt
  • Ledger
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ledger is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledger
  • Little Rock Creek ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Little Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Creek
  • Loafers Glory
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Loafers Glory is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loafers Glory
  • Normanville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Normanville is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normanville
  • Peppers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Peppers is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppers
  • Red Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Toecane
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Toecane is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toecane
  • Wing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Wing is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing

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

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

  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Bakersville to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 344 miles [553.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,241 miles [10,043.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,946 miles [11,178.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,823 miles [7,761.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bakersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bakersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bakersville 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Bakersville 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 Bakersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0152, Longitude: -82.1584    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.993 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.552 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.797 degrees.