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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 Rattler Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rattler Ford 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 Rattler Ford:
- 35.347864, -83.904070
- 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 Rattler Ford
- 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 Graham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Graham County
- Since Rattler Ford is near Swain County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Swain County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Rattler Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rattler Ford ...
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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Buffalo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Coalville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Coalville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Jenkins Meadow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins Meadow is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Meadow
- Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Junction is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Marble
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Milltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Milltown is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Robbinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sweetgum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sweetgum is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- Valleytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Valleytown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleytown
- Yellow Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
How Far From Rattler Ford 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 Rattler Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rattler Ford and extending to:
- Robbinsville, which is the Seat of Graham County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 297 miles [478 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Rattler Ford 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 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 450 miles [724.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,344 miles [10,209.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,052 miles [11,349.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,929 miles [7,932.5 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' (or 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- Rattler Ford) 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 Rattler Ford 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 Rattler Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3479, Longitude: -83.9041 In this case, the coordinates for Rattler Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.02 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.635 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.691 degrees. |
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