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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 Bat Cave, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bat Cave 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 Bat Cave:
- 35.451542, -82.287123
- 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 Bat Cave
- 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 Henderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
- Since Bat Cave is near Rutherford County and also Buncombe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buncombe 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 Bat Cave
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bat Cave ...
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.
- Bearwallow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bob ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bob is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob
- Chestnut Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Chimney Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Copper Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Copper Ford is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Ford
- Esmeralda ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Esmeralda is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmeralda
- Lake Lure
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Maxwell Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maxwell Mill is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Mill
- Quail Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Quail Ridge is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Riverbend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Riverbend is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Village of Chimney Rock Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Village of Chimney Rock Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Chimney Rock Village
- Estimated population in 2015: 108 people
How Far From Bat Cave to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bat Cave to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bat Cave and extending to:
- Hendersonville, which is the Seat of Henderson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bat Cave to Hendersonville, with an average speed<3> 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 205 miles [329.9 km] to the east (E). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 374 miles [601.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,272 miles [10,093.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,975 miles [11,225.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,853 miles [7,810.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Bat Cave) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bat Cave 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 Bat Cave. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4515, Longitude: -82.2871 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.065 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.552 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.01 degrees. |
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