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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 Mountain Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Valley 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 Mountain Valley:
- 35.216507, -82.486232
- 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 Mountain Valley
- 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 Henderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
- Since Mountain Valley is near Greenville County and also Transylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Transylvania 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 Mountain Valley
Communities Also Named Mountain Valley ...
We found six communities that are also named Mountain Valley.
Within North Carolina, the name Mountain Valley is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Walker County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mountain Valley [Walker County].
- Arkansas
- Garland County
- This Mountain Valley is located in Garland County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<2> to the west of the Mountain Valley that is located in Henderson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garland County community of Mountain Valley.
- Kentucky
- Breathitt County
- This Mountain Valley is located in Breathitt County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Mountain Valley that is located in Henderson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breathitt County community of Mountain Valley.
- Pennsylvania
- Lackawanna 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 Pennsylvania community of Mountain Valley [Lackawanna County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Mountain Valley is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,630 miles [2,623.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Mountain Valley that is located in Henderson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Mountain Valley.
- Virginia
- Henry 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 Virginia community of Mountain Valley [Henry County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Valley ...
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.
- Butt Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Butt Mountain is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butt Mountain
- Chestnut Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Springs is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Springs
- Crooked Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crooked Creek is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Echo Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Echo Lakes is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lakes
- English Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- English Hills is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Hills
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Flat Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock Forest is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock Forest
- Gap Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gap Creek is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Creek
- Hillandale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillandale is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
- Kingswood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kingswood is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
- Mountain Lake Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mountain Lake Camp is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Camp
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Pebble Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pebble Creek is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
- Quail Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Quail Hollow is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Quail Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Quail Ridge is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Ravenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ravenwood is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Rosebud
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rosebud is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Sugar Hollow Farm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sugar Hollow Farm is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hollow Farm
- Timbercreek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Timbercreek is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Tranquility
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tranquility is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Tuxedo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Valley Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Valley Hill is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill
How Far From Mountain Valley 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 Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain Valley and extending to:
- Hendersonville, which is the Seat of Henderson County, lies just to the North.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Mountain Valley to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 393 miles [632.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,291 miles [10,124.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,994 miles [11,255.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,872 miles [7,840.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mountain Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mountain Valley 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> | 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 Valley 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 Mountain Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2165, Longitude: -82.4862 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.179 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.649 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.155 degrees. |
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