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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 Mine Mountain Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mine Mountain Estates 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 Mine Mountain Estates:
- 35.288169, -82.692347
- 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 Mine Mountain Estates
- 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 Transylvania County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Transylvania County
- Since Mine Mountain Estates 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 Mine Mountain Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mine Mountain Estates ...
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.
- Bass Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bass Lake is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Ducktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ducktown is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Falls Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Falls Creek is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Creek
- Glen Cannon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Glen Cannon is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cannon
- Knob Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Knob Creek is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
- Knob Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Knob Hill is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
- Knob Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Knob Ridge is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Ridge
- Little River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little River is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Mountain View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mountain View is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Seven Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Still Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Still Meadows is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Meadows
- Stoney Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stoney Brook is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
- Sweetwater Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sweetwater Farms is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Farms
- Turkey Pen Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Pen Gap is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Pen Gap
- Wolf Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Ford is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Ford
How Far From Mine Mountain Estates to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mine Mountain Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mine Mountain Estates and extending to:
- Brevard, which is the Seat of Transylvania County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Mine Mountain Estates 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 398 miles [640.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,296 miles [10,132.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,000 miles [11,265.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,878 miles [7,850.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mine Mountain Estates) 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 Mine Mountain Estates 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 Mine Mountain Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2882, Longitude: -82.6923 In this case, the coordinates for Mine Mountain Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.301 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.80 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.218 degrees. |
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