Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Pleasant Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pleasant Gardens and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Pleasant Gardens

• 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 Pleasant Gardens:
  • 35.689011, -82.078167
  • 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 Pleasant Gardens

• 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:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McDowell County
  • Since Pleasant Gardens is near Yancey County and also Mitchell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Yancey County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell 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 Pleasant Gardens

Communities Also Named Pleasant Gardens ...

We found one communities that are also named Pleasant Gardens.

Within North Carolina, the name Pleasant Gardens is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Pleasant Gardens in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Indiana
    • Putnam County
    • This Pleasant Gardens is located in Putnam County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pleasant Gardens that is located in McDowell County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Pleasant Gardens.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant Gardens ...

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.

• Garden Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Garden Creek is located in McDowell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Creek
• Jacktown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jacktown is located in McDowell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
• Marion
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Marion is located in McDowell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,937 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <2>
• Providence
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Providence is located in McDowell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
• Stumptown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Stumptown is located in McDowell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
• Sugar Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
• Toms Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Toms Creek is located in McDowell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Creek
• Woodlawn
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Woodlawn is located in McDowell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Pleasant Gardens 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 Pleasant Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Marion, which is the Seat of McDowell County, lies just to the East.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 192 miles [309 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Pleasant Gardens to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 354 miles [569.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,252 miles [10,061.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,956 miles [11,194.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,834 miles [7,779.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'