Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Calvert, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Calvert and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Calvert
- 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 Calvert:
- 35.157055, -82.810687
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Calvert
- 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 Transylvania County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Transylvania County
- Since Calvert is near Pickens County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pickens County
- eBird sighting report for Jackson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Calvert ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Calvert.
Within North Carolina, the name Calvert is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Baltimore City
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Calvert [Baltimore City].
- Cecil County
- This Calvert is located in Cecil County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Calvert that is located in Transylvania County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Calvert.
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Calvert lies 1,744 miles [2,806.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Calvert that is located in Transylvania County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Abbeville County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Calvert [Abbeville County].
- Spartanburg County
- This Calvert is located in Spartanburg County and lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Calvert that is located in Transylvania County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Calvert.
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Calvert ...
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.
- Cane Brake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cane Brake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Brake
- Cane Brake is located in Transylvania County
- Cherryfield
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherryfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryfield
- Cherryfield is located in Transylvania County
- Ducktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Falls Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Creek
- Falls Creek is located in Transylvania County
- Fox Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Knob Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knob Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
- Knob Creek is located in Transylvania County
- Knob Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Knob Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knob Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Ridge
- Knob Ridge is located in Transylvania County
- Line Runner Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Line Runner Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Runner Ridge
- Line Runner Ridge is located in Transylvania County
- Piney Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Woods
- Piney Woods is located in Transylvania County
- Ridge Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridge Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Haven
- Ridge Haven is located in Transylvania County
- Rocky Bottom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bottom
- Rocky Bottom is located in Pickens County (SC)
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- Rocky Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rocky Hill is located in Transylvania County
- Round Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
- Round Mountain is located in Transylvania County
- Slick Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slick Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Slick Rock is located in Transylvania County
- Wolf Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Ridge
- Wolf Ridge is located in Transylvania County
- Rocky Hill
How Far From Calvert to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Calvert to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Calvert and extending to:
- Brevard, which is the Seat of Transylvania County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 238 miles [383 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Calvert to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 409 miles [658.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,307 miles [10,150.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,011 miles [11,283.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,889 miles [7,868.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Calvert. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Transylvania County: www.transylvaniacounty.org/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
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- Calvert) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Calvert. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1571, Longitude: -82.8107 In this case, the coordinates for Calvert have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Calvert 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. |
| <3> | 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 Calvert, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Calvert to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.368 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.859 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.301 degrees. |