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:
35.211810, -80.833127
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.
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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found fifteen communities that are also named Cherry.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Cherry.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Beaufort 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 North Carolina community of Cherry [Beaufort County].
Washington County
This Cherry is located in Washington County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<2> to the east of the Cherry that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cherry.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Yavapai County
This Cherry is located in Yavapai County and lies 1,760 miles [2,832.4 km]<2> to the west of the Cherry that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Cherry.
California
Sonoma County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Cherry [Sonoma County].
Colorado
Douglas 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 Colorado community of Cherry [Douglas County].
Illinois
Bureau County
This Cherry is located in Bureau County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Cherry that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Cherry.
Kansas
Cherokee 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 Kansas community of Cherry [Cherokee County].
Kentucky
Calloway 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 Kentucky community of Cherry [Calloway County].
Hopkins County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Cherry [Hopkins County].
Minnesota
Saint Louis County
This Cherry is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,040 miles [1,673.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Cherry that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Cherry.
Mississippi
Rankin 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 Mississippi community of Cherry [Rankin County].
Missouri
Camden County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Camden County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Cherry.
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Cherry.
Tennessee
Lauderdale County
This Cherry is located in Lauderdale County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<2> to the west of the Cherry that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Cherry.
West Virginia
Wirt County
This Cherry is located in Wirt County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<2> to the north of the Cherry that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wirt County community of Cherry.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherry ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cherry and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Cherry to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>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 5 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,220 miles [10,010.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,919 miles [11,135.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,798 miles [7,721.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cherry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Cherry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Cherry 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2118, Longitude: -80.8331 In this case, the coordinates for Cherry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.216 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.544 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.504 degrees.