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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 Boone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boone 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 Boone:
- 36.216875, -81.679377
- 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 Boone
- 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 Watauga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Watauga County
- Since Boone is near Caldwell County and also Ashe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashe 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 Boone
Communities Also Named Boone ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Boone.
Within North Carolina, the name Boone is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Boone County
- This Boone is located in Boone County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the west of the Boone that is located in Watauga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Boone.
- Colorado
- Pueblo County
- This Boone is located in Pueblo County and lies 1,246 miles [2,005.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Boone that is located in Watauga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pueblo County community of Boone.
- Iowa
- Boone County
- This Boone is located in Boone County and lies 766 miles [1,232.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Boone that is located in Watauga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Boone.
- Kentucky
- Rockcastle County
- This Boone is located in Rockcastle County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Boone that is located in Watauga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockcastle County community of Boone.
- Mississippi
- Coahoma County
- This Boone is located in Coahoma County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Boone that is located in Watauga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coahoma County community of Boone.
- Missouri
- Franklin 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 Boone [Franklin County].
- Nebraska
- Boone County
- This Boone is located in Boone County and lies 947 miles [1,524 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Boone that is located in Watauga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Boone.
- Oklahoma
- Caddo County
- This Boone is located in Caddo County and lies 945 miles [1,520.8 km]<1> to the west of the Boone that is located in Watauga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo County community of Boone.
- Pennsylvania
- Somerset County
- This Boone is located in Somerset County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Boone that is located in Watauga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Boone.
- Tennessee
- Washington County
- This Boone is located in Washington County and lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Boone that is located in Watauga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Boone.
- Texas
- Hale County
- This Boone is located in Hale County and lies 1,141 miles [1,836.3 km]<1> to the west of the Boone that is located in Watauga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hale County community of Boone.
- Virginia
- Chesapeake City
- This Boone is located in Chesapeake City and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the east of the Boone that is located in Watauga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Boone.
- Washington
- Yakima 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 Washington community of Boone [Yakima County].
- West Virginia
- Fayette 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 West Virginia community of Boone [Fayette County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boone ...
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.
- Bamboo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Echo Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Echo Park is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Park
- Grave Yard ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grave Yard is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grave Yard
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hounds Ear
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hounds Ear is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hounds Ear
- Meat Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Meat Camp is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meat Camp
- Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Poplar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Ski Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ski Mountain is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ski Mountain
- Soda Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Soda Hill is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Hill
- Solo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Solo is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
How Far From Boone 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 town such as Boone to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boone and extending to:
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Boone to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 314 miles [505.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,211 miles [9,995.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,794 miles [7,715.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Boone) 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 Boone, 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 Boone 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 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. |
| <5> | 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 Boone 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 Boone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2169, Longitude: -81.6794 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.711 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.257 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.543 degrees. |
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