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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 Ivy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ivy 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 Ivy:
- 35.814572, -82.513288
- 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 Ivy
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Ivy is near Buncombe County and also Yancey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buncombe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yancey 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 Ivy
Communities Also Named Ivy ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Ivy.
Within North Carolina, the name Ivy is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Dallas County
- This Ivy is located in Dallas County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the west of the Ivy that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Ivy.
- California
- Los Angeles 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 California community of Ivy [Los Angeles County].
- Illinois
- Monroe County
- This Ivy is located in Monroe County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ivy that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Ivy.
- Iowa
- Polk County
- This Ivy is located in Polk County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ivy that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Ivy.
- Kansas
- Lyon 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 Kansas community of Ivy [Lyon County].
- Missouri
- Cedar County
- This Ivy is located in Cedar County and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ivy that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cedar County community of Ivy.
- Ontario
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Oregon
- Clatsop 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 Oregon community of Ivy [Clatsop County].
- Tennessee
- Anderson 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 Tennessee community of Ivy [Anderson County].
- Monroe County
- This Ivy is located in Monroe County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ivy that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Ivy.
- Texas
- Angelina 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 Texas community of Ivy [Angelina County].
- Caldwell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Ivy [Caldwell County].
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- This Ivy is located in Albemarle County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ivy that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Ivy.
- West Virginia
- Upshur County
- This Ivy is located in Upshur County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ivy that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Ivy.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ivy ...
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.
- California
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- California is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Democrat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forks of Ivy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forks of Ivy is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Ivy
- Jupiter
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jupiter is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jupiter
- Long Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Long Ridge is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
- Mars Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Paint Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Fork is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Fork
- Rockview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockview is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview
- Terry Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Terry Fork is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Fork
How Far From Ivy 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 Ivy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ivy and extending to:
- Marshall, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Ivy to Marshall, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 216 miles [347.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 368 miles [592.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,265 miles [10,082.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,971 miles [11,218.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,848 miles [7,802.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ivy) 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 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 Ivy 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 Ivy 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 Ivy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8146, Longitude: -82.5133 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.202 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.762 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.999 degrees. |
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