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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 Cloudland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cloudland 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 Cloudland:
    • 36.104284, -82.132624
    • 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 Cloudland
  • 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 Mitchell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell County
    • Since Cloudland is near Carter County and also Avery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Avery 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 Cloudland

Communities Also Named Cloudland ...

We found one communities that are also named Cloudland.

Within North Carolina, the name Cloudland is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Cloudland in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Chattooga County
      • This Cloudland is located in Chattooga County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cloudland that is located in Mitchell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chattooga County community of Cloudland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cloudland ...

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.

  • Backwoods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Backwoods is located in Carter County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backwoods
  • Cooktown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cooktown is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooktown
  • Cove Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cove Creek is located in Carter County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
  • Greene Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Greene Cove is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Cove
  • Hawk
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hawk is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk
  • Heaton Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Heaton Creek is located in Carter County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Creek
  • Honeycutt
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Honeycutt is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeycutt
  • Little Rock Creek ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Creek
  • Loafers Glory
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Loafers Glory is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loafers Glory
  • Peppers
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Peppers is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppers
  • Plato
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Plato is located in Carter County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
  • Sugar Hollow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sugar Hollow is located in Carter County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hollow
  • Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Valley is located in Avery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Cloudland once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Cloudland and extending to:

  • Bakersville, which is the Seat of Mitchell County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cloudland to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 339 miles [545.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,235 miles [10,034.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,942 miles [11,172.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,819 miles [7,755.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cloudland) 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 Cloudland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>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 Cloudland 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 Cloudland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1043, Longitude: -82.1326       In this case, the coordinates for Cloudland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.978 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.548 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.761 degrees.