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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 Fleetwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fleetwood and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Fleetwood:
    • 36.306238, -81.513438
    • 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 Fleetwood
  • 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 Ashe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ashe County
    • Since Fleetwood is near Watauga County and also Wilkes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Watauga County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkes 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 Fleetwood

Communities Also Named Fleetwood ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Fleetwood.

Within North Carolina, the name Fleetwood is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pike County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Fleetwood [Pike County].
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Fleetwood is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Fleetwood that is located in Ashe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Fleetwood.
    • British Columbia
      • This Fleetwood lies 2,240 miles [3,604.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Fleetwood that is located in Ashe County.
    • Georgia
      • Chatham County
      • This Fleetwood is located in Chatham County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<2> to the south of the Fleetwood that is located in Ashe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Fleetwood.
      • Hall County
      • This Fleetwood is located in Hall County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km] to the southwest of the Fleetwood that is located in Ashe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Fleetwood.
    • New York
      • Westchester County
      • This Fleetwood is located in Westchester County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Fleetwood that is located in Ashe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Fleetwood.
    • Oklahoma
      • Jefferson County
      • This Fleetwood is located in Jefferson County and lies 936 miles [1,506.3 km]<2> to the west of the Fleetwood that is located in Ashe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Fleetwood.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Fleetwood.
    • Oregon
      • Fleetwood #
      • This community is historic<1> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Fleetwood.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Fleetwood is located in Berks County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Fleetwood that is located in Ashe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Fleetwood.
    • South Dakota
      • Minnehaha County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Fleetwood [Minnehaha County].
    • Texas
      • Stephens County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Fleetwood [Stephens County].
    • Virginia
      • Culpeper County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Fleetwood [Culpeper County].
      • Nelson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Fleetwood [Nelson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fleetwood ...

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.

  • Bamboo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bamboo is located in Watauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamboo
  • Beaver Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Beaver Creek is located in Ashe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Deep Gap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Harley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Harley is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
  • Idlewild
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Idlewild is located in Ashe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Meat Camp
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Meat Camp is located in Watauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meat Camp
  • Orion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Orion is located in Ashe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
  • Oval
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Oval is located in Ashe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval
  • Pottertown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Pottertown is located in Watauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottertown
  • Powderhorn Mountain
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Powderhorn Mountain is located in Watauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderhorn Mountain
  • Soda Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Soda Hill is located in Watauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Hill
  • Solo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Solo is located in Watauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
  • Stony Fork
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Stony Fork is located in Watauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork
  • Trout
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Trout is located in Ashe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout

How Far From Fleetwood to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fleetwood to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fleetwood and extending to:

  • Jefferson, which is the Seat of Ashe County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Fleetwood to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>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 303 miles [487.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,200 miles [9,977.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,906 miles [11,114.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,783 miles [7,697.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Fleetwood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Fleetwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Fleetwood 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 Fleetwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3062, Longitude: -81.5134       In this case, the coordinates for Fleetwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.613 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.158 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.449 degrees.