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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 Lauada, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lauada 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 Lauada:
- 35.372872, -83.504050
- 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 Lauada
- 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 Swain County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Swain County
- Since Lauada is near Macon County and also Graham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Graham 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 Lauada
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lauada ...
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.
- Almond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Big Laurel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Big Laurel is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Burningtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Burningtown is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtown
- Deans Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Deans Mill is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Mill
- Halls Ford
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Halls Ford is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ford
- Hidetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hidetown is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidetown
- Jenkins Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jenkins Place is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Place
- Leatherman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leatherman is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherman
- Maple Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Maple Springs is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Springs
- Needmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Roundhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Roundhill is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Shallow Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shallow Ford is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallow Ford
- Talc Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Talc Mountain is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talc Mountain
How Far From Lauada 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 Lauada to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lauada and extending to:
- Bryson City, which is the Seat of Swain County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 274 miles [441 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lauada to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 431 miles [693.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,326 miles [10,180.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,033 miles [11,318.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,910 miles [7,901.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Lauada) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Lauada 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 Lauada. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3729, Longitude: -83.5041 In this case, the coordinates for Lauada have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.783 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.365 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.522 degrees. |
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