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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 Drowning Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Drowning Creek 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 Drowning Creek:
- 35.730132, -81.478424
- 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 Drowning Creek
- 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 Burke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
- Since Drowning Creek is near Caldwell County and also Catawba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Catawba 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 Drowning Creek
Communities Also Named Drowning Creek ...
We found one communities that are also named Drowning Creek.
Within North Carolina, the name Drowning Creek is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Drowning Creek in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Cumberland County
- This Drowning Creek is located in Cumberland County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<1> to the west of the Drowning Creek that is located in Burke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Drowning Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Drowning Creek ...
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.
- Advent Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Advent Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advent Crossroads
- Flat Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Flat Gap is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Granite Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Henry River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Henry River is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry River
- Hickory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hickory is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,473 people
- Long View
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Long View is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Lovelady ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lovelady is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelady
- Mountain View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Penelope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Penelope is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelope
- Sawmills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sawmills is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,156 people
- Smokey Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Smokey Creek is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Creek
How Far From Drowning Creek 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 Drowning Creek 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<3> community of Drowning Creek once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Drowning Creek and extending to:
- Morganton, which is the Seat of Burke County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Drowning Creek to Morganton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 158 miles [254.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 327 miles [526.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,225 miles [10,018.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,927 miles [11,147.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,805 miles [7,732.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Drowning Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Drowning Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Drowning Creek 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 Drowning Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7301, Longitude: -81.4784 In this case, the coordinates for Drowning Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.592 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.051 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.606 degrees. |
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