Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cuba, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cuba and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cuba
- 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 Cuba:
- 35.474846, -82.003993
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cuba
- 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Since Cuba is near McDowell County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for McDowell County
- eBird sighting report for Polk 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Cuba ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Cuba.
Within North Carolina, the name Cuba is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Fulton County
- This Cuba is located in Fulton County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cuba that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Cuba.
- Lake County
- This Cuba is located in Lake County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km] to the north northwest of the Cuba that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Cuba.
- Indiana
- Allen County
- This Cuba is located in Allen County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cuba that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Cuba.
- Bartholomew County
- This Cuba is located in Bartholomew County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km] to the northwest of the Cuba that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartholomew County community of Cuba.
- Owen County
- This Cuba is located in Owen County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km] to the northwest of the Cuba that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Cuba.
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Crawford County
- This Cuba is located in Crawford County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cuba that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Cuba.
- Lafayette County
- This Cuba is located in Lafayette County and lies 686 miles [1,104 km] to the west northwest of the Cuba that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Cuba.
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- Bernalillo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Cuba [Bernalillo County].
- Sandoval County
- This Cuba is located in Sandoval County and lies 1,395 miles [2,245 km]<1> to the west of the Cuba that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandoval County community of Cuba.
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Clinton County
- This Cuba is located in Clinton County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cuba that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Cuba.
- Putnam County
- This Cuba is located in Putnam County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km] to the north northwest of the Cuba that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Cuba.
- Tennessee
- Hawkins County
- This Cuba is located in Hawkins County and lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cuba that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Cuba.
- Maury County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cuba [Maury County].
- Shelby County
- This Cuba is located in Shelby County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km] to the west of the Cuba that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Cuba.
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cuba ...
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.
- Gage ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Green Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Green Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Shingle Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shingle Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingle Hollow
- Shingle Hollow is located in Rutherford County
- Sugar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Thermal City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thermal City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermal City
- Thermal City is located in Rutherford County
- Thermal Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thermal Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermal Valley
- Thermal Valley is located in Rutherford County
- Trio ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Union Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Union Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Mills <5>
How Far From Cuba 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 Cuba 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 community of Cuba once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Cuba and extending to:
- Rutherfordton, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cuba to Raleigh, with an average speed<6>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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 361 miles [581 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,258 miles [10,071.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,962 miles [11,204.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,839 miles [7,787.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Rutherford County: www.rutherfordcountync.gov/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cuba) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cuba. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4748, Longitude: -82.0040 In this case, the coordinates for Cuba have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Cuba, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Cuba 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Cuba to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.899 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.365 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.89 degrees. |