Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Hawk Branch:
  • 35.964000, -82.371520
  • 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 Hawk Branch

• 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 Yancey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Yancey County
  • Since Hawk Branch is near Mitchell County and also Unicoi County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Unicoi 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 Hawk Branch

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hawk Branch ...

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.

• Bee Log
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Bee Log is located in Yancey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Log
• Cane
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Cane is located in Yancey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane
• Day Book
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Day Book is located in Yancey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book
• Elk Shoal
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Elk Shoal is located in Yancey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Shoal
• Green Mountain
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Green Mountain is located in Yancey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green Mountain <1>
• Huntdale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Huntdale is located in Mitchell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale
• Lewisburg
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Lewisburg is located in Yancey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
• Lincoln Park
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lincoln Park is located in Yancey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
• Paint Gap
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Paint Gap is located in Yancey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Gap
• Possumtrot
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Possumtrot is located in Yancey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumtrot
• Price Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Price Creek is located in Yancey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Creek
• Relief
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Relief is located in Mitchell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
• Swiss
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Swiss is located in Yancey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiss

How Far From Hawk Branch 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 Hawk Branch to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hawk Branch and extending to:

• Burnsville, which is the Seat of Yancey County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Hawk Branch to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 355 miles [571.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,252 miles [10,061.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,958 miles [11,197.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,835 miles [7,781.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'