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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 Cowarts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cowarts and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Cowarts:
    • 35.297045, -83.112086
    • 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 Cowarts
  • 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Since Cowarts is near Macon County and also Haywood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Haywood 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 Cowarts

Communities Also Named Cowarts ...

We found four communities that are also named Cowarts.

Within North Carolina, the name Cowarts is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Henry 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 Alabama community of Cowarts [Henry County].
      • Houston County
      • This Cowarts is located in Houston County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Cowarts that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Cowarts.
    • Georgia
      • Early 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 Georgia community of Cowarts [Early County].
      • Emanuel 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 Georgia community of Cowarts [Emanuel County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cowarts ...

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.

  • Fallcliff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fallcliff is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallcliff
  • Fisher Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Fisher Creek is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Creek
  • Gay
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Gay is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
  • Glenville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Greens Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Greens Creek is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Creek
  • Indian Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Indian Place is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Place
  • Island Ford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Island Ford is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Ford
  • Love Field
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Love Field is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Field
  • Mountain Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mountain Grove is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
  • Rich Mountain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rich Mountain is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Mountain
  • Ruby City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Ruby City is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby City
  • Speedwell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Speedwell is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
  • Wolf Mountain
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Wolf Mountain is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Mountain

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

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

  • Sylva, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 253 miles [407.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cowarts to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 416 miles [669.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,313 miles [10,159.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,019 miles [11,296 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,896 miles [7,879.3 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 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 Cowarts 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cowarts) 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 Cowarts 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 Cowarts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2970, Longitude: -83.1121       In this case, the coordinates for Cowarts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.549 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.086 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.384 degrees.