Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Fines Creek:
  • 35.681213, -82.951530
  • 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 Fines 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 Haywood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Haywood County
  • Since Fines Creek is near Madison County and also Buncombe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Buncombe 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 Fines Creek

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fines 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.

• Cove
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Cove is located in Haywood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
• Cove Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cove Creek is located in Haywood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
• Crabtree
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Crabtree is located in Haywood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
• Iron Duff
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Iron Duff is located in Haywood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Duff
• Jonathan
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jonathan is located in Haywood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonathan
• Luck
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Luck is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luck
• Palm ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Palm is located in Haywood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm
• Panther Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Panther Creek is located in Haywood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Creek
• Sandymush
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Sandymush is located in Buncombe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandymush
  • Sandymush has also been known as:
  • Sandy Mush
• Trust
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Trust is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Fines Creek and extending to:

• Waynesville, which is the Seat of Haywood County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Fines Creek to Waynesville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 241 miles [387.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 393 miles [632.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,289 miles [10,121.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,996 miles [11,259 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,873 miles [7,842.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'