Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Glenville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Glenville
- 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 Glenville:
- 35.173430, -83.129311
- 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 Glenville
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Glenville is near Macon County and also Transylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Macon County
- eBird sighting report for Transylvania 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 Glenville ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Glenville.
Within North Carolina, the name Glenville is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, eighteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- New York
- Livingston County
- This Glenville is located in Livingston County and lies 602 miles [968.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Glenville that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Glenville.
- Saratoga 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 New York community of Glenville [Saratoga County].
- Schenectady County
- This Glenville is located in Schenectady County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km] to the northeast of the Glenville that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schenectady County community of Glenville.
- Westchester County
- This Glenville is located in Westchester County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km] to the northeast of the Glenville that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Glenville.
- Nova Scotia
- This Glenville lies 1,236 miles [1,989.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Glenville that is located in Jackson County.
- Ohio
- Crawford County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Glenville [Crawford County].
- Cuyahoga County
- This Glenville is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<1> to the north of the Glenville that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Glenville.
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenville ...
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.
- Cashiers
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cashiers have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashiers
- Cashiers is located in Jackson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cashiers <5>
- Fallcliff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Indian Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Place
- Indian Place is located in Jackson County
- Island Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Ford
- Island Ford is located in Jackson County
- Mountain Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Mountain Grove is located in Macon County
- Sapphire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sapphire have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapphire
- Sapphire is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sapphire <5>
- Shookville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shookville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shookville
- Shookville is located in Macon County
- Speedwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Wolf Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Mountain
- Wolf Mountain is located in Jackson County
How Far From Glenville 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 Glenville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glenville and extending to:
- Sylva, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Glenville to Sylva, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 255 miles [410.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 422 miles [679.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,320 miles [10,171.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,025 miles [11,305.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,902 miles [7,889 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glenville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jackson County: www.jacksonnc.org/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Glenville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glenville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1734, Longitude: -83.1293 In this case, the coordinates for Glenville 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 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 Glenville 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 Glenville, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Glenville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.557 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.077 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.424 degrees. |