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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 Ogreeta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ogreeta 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 Ogreeta:
- 35.152551, -84.141642
- 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 Ogreeta
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Ogreeta is near Polk County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Ogreeta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ogreeta ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Fields of the Wood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fields of the Wood is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields of the Wood
- Friendship
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Grandview
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grandview is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Grape Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Murphy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Regal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Regal is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal
- Violet
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Violet is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
How Far From Ogreeta 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 Ogreeta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ogreeta and extending to:
- Murphy, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Ogreeta to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 469 miles [754.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,363 miles [10,240.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,071 miles [11,379.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,948 miles [7,963 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ogreeta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Ogreeta 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 Ogreeta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1526, Longitude: -84.1416 In this case, the coordinates for Ogreeta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.157 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.764 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.838 degrees. |
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