Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Love Valley:
  • 35.986287, -80.989073
  • 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 Love Valley

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Love Valley ...

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.

• Central
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Central is located in Iredell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
• Charles
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Charles is located in Iredell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles
• Hiddenite
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hiddenite is located in Alexander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiddenite
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hiddenite <1>
• Hunting Creek ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hunting Creek is located in Wilkes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Creek
• Jennings
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jennings is located in Iredell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
• Liberty Hill ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Liberty Hill is located in Iredell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
• Lovelace ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lovelace is located in Wilkes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
• Rocky Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Rocky Springs is located in Alexander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
• Sharp ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sharp is located in Iredell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
• Snow Creek ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Snow Creek is located in Iredell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Creek
• Stony Point
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Stony Point is located in Alexander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
• Union Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Union Grove is located in Iredell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Grove <1>
• Windy Gap
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Windy Gap is located in Wilkes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Gap
• Zion ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Zion is located in Iredell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

How Far From Love Valley 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 town such as Love Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Love Valley and extending to:

• Statesville, which is the Seat of Iredell County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Love Valley to Statesville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 132 miles [212.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 295 miles [474.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,192 miles [9,965.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,895 miles [11,096.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,773 miles [7,681.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'