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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 Country Club Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Country Club Gardens 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 Country Club Gardens:
    • 35.283463, -81.506479
    • 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 Country Club Gardens
  • 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 Cleveland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland County
    • Since Country Club Gardens is near Gaston County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gaston County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Country Club Gardens

Communities Also Named Country Club Gardens ...

We found four communities that are also named Country Club Gardens.

Within North Carolina, the name Country Club Gardens is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Madison County
      • This Country Club Gardens is located in Madison County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<1> to the west of the Country Club Gardens that is located in Cleveland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Country Club Gardens.
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This Country Club Gardens is located in Hall County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Country Club Gardens that is located in Cleveland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Country Club Gardens.
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • This Country Club Gardens is located in Allen County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Country Club Gardens that is located in Cleveland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Country Club Gardens.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Country Club Gardens is located in Harris County and lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Country Club Gardens that is located in Cleveland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Country Club Gardens.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Club Gardens ...

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.

  • Dover
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Dover is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Elizabeth City
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
  • Landsdown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Landsdown is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landsdown
  • Light Oak
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Light Oak is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Oak Grove is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pleasant Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Rocky Brook
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Rocky Brook is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook
  • Rollingwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Rollingwood is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
  • Shanghai
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Shanghai is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
  • Stony Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Stony Point is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
  • Sulphur Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
  • Zion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Zion is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

How Far From Country Club Gardens 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 Country Club Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Country Club Gardens and extending to:

  • Shelby, which is the Seat of Cleveland County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Country Club Gardens to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>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 350 miles [563.3 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,246 miles [10,052 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,947 miles [11,180.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,825 miles [7,765.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Country Club Gardens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Country Club Gardens 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 Country Club Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2835, Longitude: -81.5065       In this case, the coordinates for Country Club Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.607 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.003 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.748 degrees.