Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Boger City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boger City and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Boger City

• 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 Boger City:
  • 35.480689, -81.213413
  • 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 Boger City

• 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
  • Since Boger City is near Gaston County and also Catawba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gaston County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Catawba 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 Boger City

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boger City ...

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.

• Daniels ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Daniels is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels
• Goodsonville
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Goodsonville is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsonville
• High Shoals
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • High Shoals is located in Gaston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
• Iron Station
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Iron Station is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station
• Laboratory
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Laboratory is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laboratory
• Long Shoals
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Long Shoals is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Shoals
• Pleasant ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant
• Polkadot
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Polkadot is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkadot
• Pumpkin Center
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pumpkin Center is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
• Roseland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Roseland is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland

How Far From Boger City 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 Boger City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Boger City and extending to:

• Lincolnton, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Boger City to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 329 miles [529.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,224 miles [10,016.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,926 miles [11,146.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,804 miles [7,731.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'