RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of North Carolina >> Buncombe County >> Malvern Hills >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Malvern Hills:
    • 35.567333, -82.609571
    • 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 Malvern Hills
  • 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 Buncombe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buncombe County
    • Since Malvern Hills is near Henderson County and also Haywood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Haywood 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 Malvern Hills

Communities Also Named Malvern Hills ...

We found one communities that are also named Malvern Hills.

Within North Carolina, the name Malvern Hills is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Malvern Hills in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke County
      • This Malvern Hills is located in Roanoke County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Malvern Hills that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Malvern Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Malvern Hills ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Camelot is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Craggy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Craggy is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craggy
  • Echo Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Echo Hills is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Hills
  • Elk Mountain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Elk Mountain is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mountain
  • Emma
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Emma is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
  • Georgetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Georgetown is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Haw Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Haw Creek is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haw Creek
  • Hazel Green
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hazel Green is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
  • Hominy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hominy is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hominy
  • Murphy Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Murphy Junction is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Junction
  • Rosebank Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosebank Park is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank Park
  • Sand Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Sand Hill is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
  • Sulphur Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
  • Woodside Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Woodside Hills is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Hills

How Far From Malvern Hills 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 Malvern Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Malvern Hills and extending to:

  • Asheville, which is the Seat of Buncombe County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Malvern Hills to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 382 miles [614.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,985 miles [11,241.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,862 miles [7,824.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Malvern Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Malvern Hills 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 Malvern Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5673, Longitude: -82.6096       In this case, the coordinates for Malvern Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.256 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.789 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.107 degrees.