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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 Mooresboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mooresboro 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 Mooresboro:
- 35.299375, -81.698648
- 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 Mooresboro
- 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 Cleveland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland County
- Since Mooresboro is near Rutherford County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Mooresboro
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mooresboro ...
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.
- Boiling Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Dover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Good ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Good is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Green ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Green is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Henrietta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Jones Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jones Ferry is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ferry
- Kingstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kingstown is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- New House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New House is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
- Poplar Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Springs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Shanghai
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shanghai is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
How Far From Mooresboro 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 Mooresboro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mooresboro and extending to:
- Shelby, which is the Seat of Cleveland County, lies just to the East.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 174 miles [280 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Mooresboro to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 357 miles [574.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,253 miles [10,063.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,955 miles [11,193 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,833 miles [7,778 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mooresboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Mooresboro 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 Mooresboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2994, Longitude: -81.6986 In this case, the coordinates for Mooresboro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.719 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.133 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.819 degrees. |
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