Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Retreat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Retreat and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Retreat
- 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 Retreat:
- 35.450661, -82.909023
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Retreat
- 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 Haywood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Haywood County
- Since Retreat is near Buncombe County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Buncombe County
- eBird sighting report for Jackson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Retreat ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Retreat.
Within North Carolina, the name Retreat is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Georgia
- Fayette County
- This Retreat is located in Fayette County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Retreat that is located in Haywood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Retreat.
- Liberty County
- This Retreat is located in Liberty County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km] to the south southeast of the Retreat that is located in Haywood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Retreat.
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Grimes County
- Although located in Grimes County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grimes County community of Retreat.
- Hill County
- This Retreat is located in Hill County and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<2> to the west of the Retreat that is located in Haywood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hill County community of Retreat.
- Navarro County
- This Retreat is located in Navarro County and lies 812 miles [1,306.8 km] to the west southwest of the Retreat that is located in Haywood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Retreat.
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Retreat ...
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.
- Cecil ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Clark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Clyde
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clyde. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Clyde is located in Haywood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <5>
- Crabtree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Fibreville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fibreville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fibreville
- Fibreville is located in Haywood County
- Iron Duff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Ivy Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Jonathan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Maggie Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maggie Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggie Valley
- Maggie Valley is located in Haywood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,258 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maggie Valley <5>
- Silver Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Bluff
- Silver Bluff is located in Haywood County
- Stony Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork
- Stony Fork is located in Buncombe County
- Sunburst
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Turnpike
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Retreat 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 Retreat to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Retreat and extending to:
- Waynesville, which is the Seat of Haywood County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Retreat to Raleigh, with an average speed<6>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 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 401 miles [645.3 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,298 miles [10,135.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,003 miles [11,270.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,881 miles [7,855.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Retreat. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Haywood County: www.gov.co.haywood.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Retreat 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Retreat) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Retreat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4507, Longitude: -82.9090 In this case, the coordinates for Retreat have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Retreat to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.431 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.973 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.26 degrees. |