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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 High Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to High Falls 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 High Falls:
    • 35.483757, -79.521692
    • 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 High Falls
  • 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 Moore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Moore County
    • Since High Falls is near Chatham County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chatham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 High Falls

Communities Also Named High Falls ...

We found eight communities that are also named High Falls.

Within North Carolina, the name High Falls is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, six are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Monroe County
      • This High Falls is located in Monroe County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the west southwest of the High Falls that is located in Moore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of High Falls.
    • Kentucky
      • Wolfe County
      • This High Falls is located in Wolfe County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the High Falls that is located in Moore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wolfe County community of High Falls.
    • New York
      • Greene County
      • This High Falls is located in Greene County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the High Falls that is located in Moore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of High Falls.
      • Lewis County
      • This High Falls is located in Lewis County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km] to the north northeast of the High Falls that is located in Moore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of High Falls.
      • Ulster County
      • This High Falls is located in Ulster County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km] to the north northeast of the High Falls that is located in Moore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of High Falls.
    • Ontario
      • This High Falls lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the High Falls that is located in Moore County.
    • Quebec
      • This High Falls lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<1> to the north northeast of the High Falls that is located in Moore County.
    • South Carolina
      • Oconee 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 South Carolina community of High Falls [Oconee County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near High Falls ...

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.

  • Carthage
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cheeks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cheeks is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks
  • Dover
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Dover is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Harpers Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Harpers Crossroads is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Crossroads
  • Harris
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Harris is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Haw Branch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Haw Branch is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haw Branch
  • Jugtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jugtown is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
  • Pleasantville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Pleasantville is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
  • Robbins
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Spies
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Spies is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spies
  • Zion Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Zion Grove is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Grove

How Far From High Falls to ...

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

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

  • Carthage, which is the Seat of Moore County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from High Falls to Carthage, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 53 miles [85.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 272 miles [437.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,151 miles [9,899.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,848 miles [11,020.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,728 miles [7,609 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- High Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 High Falls 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>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 High Falls 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 High Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4838, Longitude: -79.5217       In this case, the coordinates for High Falls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.461 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.718 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.911 degrees.