Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mount Sinai, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Sinai and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mount Sinai
- 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 Sinai:
- 35.200961, -81.600094
- 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 Sinai
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Cleveland County
- Since Mount Sinai is near Cherokee County and also Rutherford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- eBird sighting report for Rutherford 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 Sinai ...
We found six communities that share the name Mount Sinai.
Within North Carolina, the name Mount Sinai is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Autauga County
- This Mount Sinai is located in Autauga County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mount Sinai that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Autauga County community of Mount Sinai.
- Montgomery County
- This Mount Sinai is located in Montgomery County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km] to the southwest of the Mount Sinai that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Mount Sinai.
- Indiana
- Dearborn County
- This Mount Sinai is located in Dearborn County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mount Sinai that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dearborn County community of Mount Sinai.
- Louisiana
- Claiborne Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Mount Sinai [Claiborne Parish].
- New York
- Suffolk County
- This Mount Sinai is located in Suffolk County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount Sinai that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Mount Sinai.
- Ohio
- Pike County
- This Mount Sinai is located in Pike County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mount Sinai that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Mount Sinai.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Sinai ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Boiling Springs is located in Cleveland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,617 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boiling Springs <3>
- Buffalo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Earl
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erwinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Grassy Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grassy Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Pond
- Grassy Pond is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Harmony Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hill
- Harmony Hill is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jones Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ferry
- Jones Ferry is located in Cleveland County
- Poplar Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Poplar Springs is located in Cleveland County
- Rocky Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook
- Rocky Brook is located in Cleveland County
- Shanghai
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Sulphur Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sulphur Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Sulphur Springs is located in Cleveland County
How Far From Mount Sinai 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 Mount Sinai to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Sinai and extending to:
- Shelby, which is the Seat of Cleveland County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Mount Sinai to Raleigh, with an average speed<6>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 358 miles [576.1 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 6,954 miles [11,191.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,833 miles [7,778 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Sinai. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Cleveland County: www.clevelandcounty.com/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Sinai) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Sinai. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2010, Longitude: -81.6001 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Sinai have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Sinai 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <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 Sinai 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 310.661 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.052 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.809 degrees. |