Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Long Shoals:
  • 35.414857, -81.240358
  • 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 Long Shoals

• 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
  • Since Long Shoals is near Gaston County and also Cleveland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gaston County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland 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 Long Shoals

Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Shoals ...

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.

• Alexis
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Alexis is located in Gaston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
• Boger City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Boger City is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City
• Goodsonville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Goodsonville is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsonville
• High Shoals
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • High Shoals is located in Gaston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
• Iron Station
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Iron Station is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station
• Johnstown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Johnstown is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
• Laboratory
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Laboratory is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laboratory
• Polkadot
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Polkadot is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkadot
• Roseland
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Roseland is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
• Sunnyside
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunnyside is located in Gaston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
• Tryon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tryon is located in Gaston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon

How Far From Long Shoals 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 Long Shoals to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Lincolnton, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the North.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Long Shoals 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 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 333 miles [535.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,229 miles [10,024.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,929 miles [11,151.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,808 miles [7,737.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'