Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fletcher, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fletcher and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fletcher
- 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 Fletcher:
- 36.156799, -81.132861
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Fletcher
- 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 Wilkes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wilkes County
- Since Fletcher is near Alexander County and also Iredell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Alexander County
- eBird sighting report for Iredell 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Fletcher ...
We found 29 communities that share the name Fletcher.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Fletcher.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 28 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Florida
- Dixie County
- This Fletcher is located in Dixie County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Fletcher that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dixie County community of Fletcher.
- Hillsborough County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Fletcher [Hillsborough County].
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Alpena County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Fletcher [Alpena County].
- Kalkaska County
- This Fletcher is located in Kalkaska County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fletcher that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kalkaska County community of Fletcher.
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- Esmeralda County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Fletcher [Esmeralda County].
- Mineral County
- This Fletcher is located in Mineral County and lies 2,066 miles [3,324.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fletcher that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Fletcher.
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Fletcher lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the north of the Fletcher that is located in Wilkes County.
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Adams County
- This Fletcher is located in Adams County and lies 2,037 miles [3,278.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fletcher that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Fletcher.
- Whitman County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Fletcher [Whitman County].
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fletcher ...
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.
- Brown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Bryan ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Buck
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Call
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Cricket
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Cricket Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cricket Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket Park
- Cricket Park is located in Wilkes County
- Fairplains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairplains have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplains
- Fairplains is located in Wilkes County
- Fishing Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishing Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishing Creek
- Fishing Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Fox Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Hunting Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunting Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Creek
- Hunting Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Knottville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knottville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knottville
- Knottville is located in Wilkes County
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Sunset Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Falls
- Sunset Falls is located in Wilkes County
- Wildwood Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Park
- Wildwood Park is located in Wilkes County
How Far From Fletcher 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 Fletcher 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 community of Fletcher once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Fletcher and extending to:
- Wilkesboro, which is the Seat of Wilkes County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Fletcher to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 293 miles [471.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,895 miles [11,096.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,772 miles [7,679.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Wilkes County: www.wilkescounty.net/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fletcher) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fletcher. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1568, Longitude: -81.1329 In this case, the coordinates for Fletcher have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Fletcher 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. |
| <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 Fletcher, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Fletcher to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.389 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.88 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.34 degrees. |