Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 LeMar Park:
  • 35.934298, -81.493150
  • 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 LeMar Park

• 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 Caldwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
  • Since LeMar Park is near Burke County and also Wilkes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkes 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 LeMar Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near LeMar Park ...

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.

• Cedar Rock
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Rock is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
  • Cedar Rock has also been known as:
  • Cedar Rock village
• Cedar Valley
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cedar Valley is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
• Fort Defiance
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Fort Defiance is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Defiance
• Happy Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Happy Valley is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
• Heritage Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Heritage Hills is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
• Honey Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Honey Hill is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hill
• Indian Hills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Indian Hills is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
• Jones ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jones is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
• Laurel Hollow
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Laurel Hollow is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow
• Maple Valley
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Maple Valley is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Valley
• Tranquil Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Tranquil Hill is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquil Hill
• Warrior
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Warrior is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior

How Far From LeMar Park 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 LeMar Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in LeMar Park and extending to:

• Lenoir, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from LeMar Park to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>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 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 318 miles [511.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,797 miles [7,720 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'