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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 Cherry Lane, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherry Lane 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 Cherry Lane:
    • 36.442076, -81.018135
    • 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 Cherry Lane
  • 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 Alleghany County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Alleghany County
    • Since Cherry Lane is near Surry County and also Wilkes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Surry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkes 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 Cherry Lane

Communities Also Named Cherry Lane ...

We found three communities that are also named Cherry Lane.

Within North Carolina, the name Cherry Lane is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Ada County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Cherry Lane [Ada County].
    • New York
      • Schuyler County
      • This Cherry Lane is located in Schuyler County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Cherry Lane that is located in Alleghany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Cherry Lane.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • This Cherry Lane is located in Armstrong County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Cherry Lane that is located in Alleghany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Cherry Lane.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherry Lane ...

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.

  • Brewers ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Brewers is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers
  • Chestnut Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Chestnut Grove is located in Alleghany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
  • Edwards Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Edwards Crossroads is located in Alleghany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
  • Hare
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hare is located in Alleghany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hare
  • Hooker
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hooker is located in Alleghany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
  • New Home ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • New Home is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
  • Pine Swamp
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Pine Swamp is located in Alleghany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Swamp
  • Rich Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rich Hill is located in Alleghany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill
  • Roaring Gap
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Saddle Mountain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Saddle Mountain is located in Alleghany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Mountain
  • Traphill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Union Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Union Hill is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

How Far From Cherry Lane 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 Cherry Lane to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Sparta, which is the Seat of Alleghany County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Cherry Lane to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 275 miles [442.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,173 miles [9,934.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,755 miles [7,652.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Cherry Lane 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.
<2>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- Cherry Lane) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Cherry Lane 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 Cherry Lane. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4421, Longitude: -81.0181       In this case, the coordinates for Cherry Lane have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.32 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.842 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.206 degrees.