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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 Cullowhee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cullowhee 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 Cullowhee:
- 35.311763, -83.180121
- 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 Cullowhee
- 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 Cullowhee is near Macon County and also Swain 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 Swain 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 Cullowhee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cullowhee ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fallcliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallcliff
- Fisher Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fisher Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Creek
- Gay
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greens Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Indian Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Place is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Place
- Love Field
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Love Field is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Field
- Mountain Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Grove is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Pumpkintown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pumpkintown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown
- Rich Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rich Mountain is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Mountain
- Ruby City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ruby City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby City
- Speedwell
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Speedwell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
How Far From Cullowhee 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 Cullowhee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cullowhee and extending to:
- Sylva, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cullowhee to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>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 419 miles [674.3 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,316 miles [10,164.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,021 miles [11,299.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,898 miles [7,882.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Cullowhee) 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 Cullowhee 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 Cullowhee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3118, Longitude: -83.1801 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.589 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.135 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.407 degrees. |
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