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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 Hardins, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hardins and the surrounding area.
- 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 Hardins:
- 35.379302, -81.190357
- 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 Hardins
- 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 Gaston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gaston County
- Since Hardins is near Lincoln County and also Cleveland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland 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 Hardins
Communities Also Named Hardins ...
We found one communities that are also named Hardins.
Within North Carolina, the name Hardins is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Hardins in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Davidson 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 Tennessee community of Hardins [Davidson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hardins ...
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.
- Alexis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Alexis is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
- Boger City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Boger City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City
- Craig Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Craig Heights is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Heights
- Goodsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Goodsonville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsonville
- Groves
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Groves is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groves
- High Shoals
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- High Shoals is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
- Iron Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Station is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station
- Jenkins Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jenkins Heights is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Heights
- Laboratory
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Laboratory is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laboratory
- Long Shoals
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Long Shoals is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Shoals
- Love Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Love Park is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Park
- Polkadot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Polkadot is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkadot
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Roseland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roseland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Stanley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Tryon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
How Far From Hardins 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 Hardins to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Hardins and extending to:
- Gastonia, which is the Seat of Gaston County, lies just to the South.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Hardins to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 333 miles [535.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,929 miles [11,151.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,807 miles [7,736.1 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 Hardins 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hardins) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hardins 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 Hardins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3793, Longitude: -81.1904 In this case, the coordinates for Hardins have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.423 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.806 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.595 degrees. |
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