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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 Paradise Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paradise Point and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Paradise Point:
    • 35.188752, -81.046187
    • 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 Paradise Point
  • 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 Gaston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gaston County
    • Since Paradise Point is near Mecklenburg County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mecklenburg County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Paradise Point

Communities Also Named Paradise Point ...

We found six communities that are also named Paradise Point.

Within North Carolina, the name Paradise Point is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, three are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Paradise Point lies 2,172 miles [3,495.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Paradise Point that is located in Gaston County.
    • Florida
      • Citrus County
      • This Paradise Point is located in Citrus County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Paradise Point that is located in Gaston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Citrus County community of Paradise Point.
    • Mississippi
      • Rankin County
      • This Paradise Point is located in Rankin County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Paradise Point that is located in Gaston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Paradise Point.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • 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 Newfoundland and Labrador community of Paradise Point.
    • Ohio
      • Carroll County
      • This Paradise Point is located in Carroll County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the north of the Paradise Point that is located in Gaston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Paradise Point.
    • Ontario
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Paradise Point ...

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.

  • Begonia ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Begonia is located in Gaston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia
  • Berryhill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Berryhill is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryhill
  • Boogertown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Boogertown is located in Gaston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boogertown
  • Dixie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Forest Brook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Forest Brook is located in Gaston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Brook
  • Greycrest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Greycrest is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greycrest
  • Heritage Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Heritage Woods is located in York County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
  • Honeysuckle Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Honeysuckle Woods is located in York County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Woods
  • Olympic Woods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Olympic Woods is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympic Woods
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Springwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Springwood is located in Gaston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
    • Steel Creek ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Steel Creek is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Creek
    • Sunrise Point
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Sunrise Point is located in York County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Point
    • Timber Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Timber Ridge is located in York County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
    • Twelve Oaks
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Twelve Oaks is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks
    • Wildwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wildwood is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

How Far From Paradise Point to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Paradise Point to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Paradise Point and extending to:

  • Gastonia, which is the Seat of Gaston County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Paradise Point to Gastonia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 338 miles [544 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,930 miles [11,152.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,809 miles [7,739.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Paradise Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Paradise Point 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 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 Paradise Point 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 Paradise Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1888, Longitude: -81.0462       In this case, the coordinates for Paradise Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.339 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.682 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.595 degrees.