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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 River Haven, we use the following websites to find information relevant to River Haven 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 River Haven:
    • 35.315421, -80.085611
    • 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 River Haven
  • 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 Stanly County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stanly County
    • Since River Haven is near Montgomery County and also Anson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anson 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 River Haven

Communities Also Named River Haven ...

We found three communities that are also named River Haven.

There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named River Haven.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Rutherford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of River Haven [Rutherford County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This River Haven is located in Hillsborough County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the River Haven that is located in Stanly County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of River Haven.
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • This River Haven is located in Allen County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the River Haven that is located in Stanly County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of River Haven.

Curious and Interesting Names Near River Haven ...

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.

  • Emerald Shores
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Emerald Shores is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Shores
  • Forest Drive
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Drive is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Drive
  • Heathwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Heathwood is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
  • Holiday Shores
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Holiday Shores is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Shores
  • Lake in the Pine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake in the Pine is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake in the Pine
  • Liberty Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Liberty Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Pee Dee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pee Dee is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pee Dee
  • Springhaven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Springhaven is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhaven
  • Sugarloaf Shores
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sugarloaf Shores is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Shores
  • Woodrun
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Woodrun is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrun

How Far From River Haven to ...

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

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

  • Albemarle, which is the Seat of Stanly County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from River Haven to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 298 miles [479.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,183 miles [9,950.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,880 miles [11,072.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,761 miles [7,662.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 River Haven 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 drawn from Point A (ie- River Haven) 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 River Haven 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 River Haven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3154, Longitude: -80.0856       In this case, the coordinates for River Haven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.785 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.066 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.182 degrees.