Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mountain Home, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Home and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mountain Home
- 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 Mountain Home:
- 35.575126, -81.845656
- 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 Mountain Home
- 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 McDowell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for McDowell County
- Since Mountain Home is near Rutherford County and also Burke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Rutherford 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 Mountain Home ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Mountain Home.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Mountain Home.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Henderson County
- This Mountain Home is located in Henderson County and lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mountain Home that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Mountain Home.
- Henderson County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lawrence County
- This Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the west of the Mountain Home that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Mountain Home.
- Arkansas
- Baxter County
- This Mountain Home is located in Baxter County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the west of the Mountain Home that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baxter County community of Mountain Home.
- White County
- This Mountain Home is located in White County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km] to the west of the Mountain Home that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Mountain Home.
- California
- Santa Clara County
- This Mountain Home is located in Santa Clara County and lies 2,207 miles [3,551.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mountain Home that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of Mountain Home.
- Tulare County
- This Mountain Home is located in Tulare County and lies 2,048 miles [3,295.9 km] to the west northwest of the Mountain Home that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Mountain Home.
- Idaho
- Elmore County
- This Mountain Home is located in Elmore County and lies 1,867 miles [3,004.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mountain Home that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Mountain Home.
- Latah 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 Idaho community of Mountain Home [Latah County].
- Tennessee
- Washington County
- This Mountain Home is located in Washington County and lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mountain Home that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Mountain Home.
- Texas
- Kerr County
- This Mountain Home is located in Kerr County and lies 1,081 miles [1,739.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mountain Home that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kerr County community of Mountain Home.
- Utah
- Duchesne County
- This Mountain Home is located in Duchesne County and lies 1,581 miles [2,544.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mountain Home that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duchesne County community of Mountain Home.
- Wyoming
- Albany County
- This Mountain Home is located in Albany County and lies 1,365 miles [2,196.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mountain Home that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albany County community of Mountain Home.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Home ...
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.
- Chambers ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Cuba ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Golden ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Hardaway ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Jacktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Marion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in McDowell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,937 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <4>
- New Home
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Parkhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhill
- Parkhill is located in Burke County
- Stumptown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Sugar Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Sunshine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Thermal City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- 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
- Trio ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Union Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- 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 Mountain Home 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 Mountain Home 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 community of Mountain Home once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain Home and extending to:
- Marion, which is the Seat of McDowell County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mountain Home to Marion, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 180 miles [289.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 349 miles [561.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,247 miles [10,053.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,950 miles [11,184.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,828 miles [7,769.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 '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- Mountain Home) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mountain Home. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5751, Longitude: -81.8457 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Home have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mountain Home, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Mountain Home to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.807 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.274 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.798 degrees. |