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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 Mooresville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mooresville 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 Mooresville:
    • 35.584808, -80.809722
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mooresville
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Mooresville ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Mooresville.

Within North Carolina, the name Mooresville is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Limestone County
      • This Mooresville is located in Limestone County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<1> to the west of the Mooresville that is located in Iredell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Mooresville.
    • Arkansas
      • Prairie County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Mooresville [Prairie County].
    • Indiana
      • DeKalb County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Mooresville [DeKalb County].
      • Morgan County
      • This Mooresville is located in Morgan County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mooresville that is located in Iredell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Mooresville.
    • Kentucky
      • Washington County
      • This Mooresville is located in Washington County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mooresville that is located in Iredell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Mooresville.
    • Maine
      • Piscataquis County
      • This Mooresville is located in Piscataquis County and lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mooresville that is located in Iredell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piscataquis County community of Mooresville.
    • Missouri
      • Livingston County
      • This Mooresville is located in Livingston County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mooresville that is located in Iredell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Mooresville.
    • Ohio
      • Ross County
      • This Mooresville is located in Ross County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mooresville that is located in Iredell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Mooresville.
    • Ontario
      • This Mooresville lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<1> to the north of the Mooresville that is located in Iredell County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Huntingdon County
      • This Mooresville is located in Huntingdon County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mooresville that is located in Iredell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Mooresville.
    • Tennessee
      • Marshall County
      • This Mooresville is located in Marshall County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the west of the Mooresville that is located in Iredell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Mooresville.
    • West Virginia
      • Monongalia County
      • This Mooresville is located in Monongalia County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the north of the Mooresville that is located in Iredell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Mooresville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mooresville ...

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.

  • Bear Poplar
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Poplar have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Poplar
    • Bear Poplar is located in Rowan County
  • Cornelius
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornelius have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelius
    • Cornelius is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,804 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cornelius <5>
  • Fisher Town
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town
    • Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County
  • Five Forks
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
    • Five Forks is located in Rowan County
  • Five Points
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Five Points is located in Rowan County
  • Harts ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harts have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts
    • Harts is located in Rowan County
  • Hopewell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopewell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
    • Hopewell is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Mayhew
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • River View ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
    • River View is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Shepherds
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shepherds. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds
    • Shepherds is located in Iredell County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Shepherds
    • From Mooresville to Shepherds
  • Troutman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Statesville, which is the Seat of Iredell County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mooresville to Statesville, with an average speed<7> 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 122 miles [196.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 308 miles [495.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,203 miles [9,982.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,903 miles [11,109.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,782 miles [7,695.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

The official website for Mooresville: www.ci.mooresville.nc.us/

The official website for Iredell County: www.co.iredell.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Mooresville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mooresville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5848, Longitude: -80.8097    
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mooresville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Mooresville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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.
<8>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 Mooresville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.202 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.583 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.384 degrees.




 

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