Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Double Shoals, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Double Shoals and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Double Shoals

• 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 Double Shoals:
  • 35.380963, -81.548147
  • 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 Double Shoals

• 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 Double Shoals is near Gaston County and also Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 Double Shoals

Curious and Interesting Names Near Double Shoals ...

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.

• Delight
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Delight is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delight
• Dellview
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Dellview is located in Gaston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellview
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 13 people
• Dover
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Dover is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
• Elizabeth City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
• Kingstown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Kingstown is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
• Landsdown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Landsdown is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landsdown
• Lawndale
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Lawndale is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawndale <1>
• Light Oak
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Light Oak is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
• Polkville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Polkville is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
• Rockdale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Rockdale is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
• Rocky Brook
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rocky Brook is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook
• Rollingwood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rollingwood is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
• Waco
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Waco is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
• Zion
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Zion is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Double Shoals and extending to:

• Shelby, which is the Seat of Cleveland County, lies just to the South.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Double Shoals to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>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 347 miles [558.4 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 6,243 miles [10,047.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,823 miles [7,761.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'