Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Dysartsville:
  • 35.600404, -81.868990
  • 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 Dysartsville

• 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 McDowell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McDowell County
  • Since Dysartsville is near Burke County and also Rutherford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford 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 Dysartsville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dysartsville ...

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.

• Golden ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Golden is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
• Hardaway ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Hardaway is located in Burke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardaway
• Jacktown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jacktown is located in McDowell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
• Marion
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Marion is located in McDowell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,937 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <1>
• Mountain Home ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
• Parkhill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Parkhill is located in Burke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhill
• Stumptown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Stumptown is located in McDowell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
• Sugar Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
• Thermal City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Thermal City is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermal City
• Trio ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Trio is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trio
• Union Mills
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Union Mills is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Mills <1>

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

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

• Marion, which is the Seat of McDowell County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dysartsville to Marion, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 181 miles [291.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 349 miles [561.7 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 6,247 miles [10,053.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,950 miles [11,184.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,828 miles [7,769.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'