Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mount Pisgah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Pisgah and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mount Pisgah
- 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 Mount Pisgah:
- 35.468458, -81.885935
- 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 Mount Pisgah
- 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Since Mount Pisgah is near McDowell County and also Burke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for McDowell County
- eBird sighting report for Burke 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Mount Pisgah ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Mount Pisgah.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Mount Pisgah.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Alexander County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mount Pisgah [Alexander County].
- Alexander County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- White County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Mount Pisgah [White County].
- Georgia
- Catoosa County
- This Mount Pisgah is located in Catoosa County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Mount Pisgah that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catoosa County community of Mount Pisgah.
- Indiana
- LaGrange County
- This Mount Pisgah is located in LaGrange County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Mount Pisgah that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Mount Pisgah.
- Iowa
- Harrison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Mount Pisgah [Harrison County].
- Kentucky
- Wayne County
- This Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Mount Pisgah that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Mount Pisgah.
- Maine
- Lincoln County
- This Mount Pisgah is located in Lincoln County and lies 870 miles [1,400.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Mount Pisgah that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Mount Pisgah.
- Maryland
- Charles County
- This Mount Pisgah is located in Charles County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Mount Pisgah that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Mount Pisgah.
- New Brunswick
- This Mount Pisgah lies 1,116 miles [1,796 km]<2> to the northeast of the Mount Pisgah that is located in Rutherford County.
- New Jersey
- Sussex County
- This Mount Pisgah is located in Sussex County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Mount Pisgah that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Mount Pisgah.
- Ohio
- Clermont County
- This Mount Pisgah is located in Clermont County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Mount Pisgah that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Mount Pisgah.
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- This Mount Pisgah is located in Berkeley County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Mount Pisgah that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Mount Pisgah.
- Kershaw County
- This Mount Pisgah is located in Kershaw County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the southeast of the Mount Pisgah that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Mount Pisgah.
- Tennessee
- White County
- This Mount Pisgah is located in White County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<2> to the west of the Mount Pisgah that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Mount Pisgah.
- Virginia
- Augusta County
- This Mount Pisgah is located in Augusta County and lies 249 miles [400.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Mount Pisgah that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Mount Pisgah.
- West Virginia
- Grant County
- This Mount Pisgah is located in Grant County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Mount Pisgah that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Mount Pisgah.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Pisgah ...
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.
- Cuba ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Golden ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Home have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Pinecrest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Sunshine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Thermal City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thermal City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermal City
- Thermal City is located in Rutherford County
- Thermal Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thermal Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermal Valley
- Thermal Valley is located in Rutherford County
- Trio ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Union Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Union Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Mills <4>
How Far From Mount Pisgah 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 community such as Mount Pisgah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Mount Pisgah once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Pisgah and extending to:
- Rutherfordton, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Mount Pisgah to Raleigh, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 356 miles [572.9 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,254 miles [10,064.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,957 miles [11,196.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,835 miles [7,781.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Rutherford County: www.rutherfordcountync.gov/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mount Pisgah 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. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Pisgah) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Pisgah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4685, Longitude: -81.8859 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Pisgah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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 Mount Pisgah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Mount Pisgah to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.829 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.285 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.845 degrees. |