Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Riverbend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Riverbend and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Riverbend
- 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 Riverbend:
- 35.429286, -82.169555
- 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 Riverbend
- 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Since Riverbend is near Polk County and also Buncombe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Polk County
- eBird sighting report for Buncombe 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 Riverbend ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Riverbend.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Riverbend.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Gaston County
- Rockingham County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Florida
- Georgia
- Carroll County
- This Riverbend is located in Carroll County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Riverbend that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Riverbend.
- Hall County
- This Riverbend is located in Hall County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the southwest of the Riverbend that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Riverbend.
- Irwin County
- This Riverbend is located in Irwin County and lies 279 miles [449 km] to the south southwest of the Riverbend that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Irwin County community of Riverbend.
- Newton County
- This Riverbend is located in Newton County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km] to the southwest of the Riverbend that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Riverbend.
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Montana
- Quebec
- This Riverbend lies 1,052 miles [1,693 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Riverbend that is located in Rutherford County.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- This Riverbend is located in Knox County and lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Riverbend that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Riverbend.
- Rutherford County
- This Riverbend is located in Rutherford County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km] to the west of the Riverbend that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Riverbend.
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Riverbend ...
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.
- Bob ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Chimney Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Rock
- Chimney Rock is located in Rutherford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chimney Rock <4>
- Esmeralda ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Gage ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Jeter ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Lake Lure
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Lure have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lure
- Lake Lure is located in Rutherford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,153 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Lure <4>
- Poplar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Poplar Grove is located in Polk County
- Quail Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Quail Ridge is located in Rutherford County
- Rock Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Polk County
- Sunny View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny View
- Sunny View is located in Polk County
- Village of Chimney Rock Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Village of Chimney Rock Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Chimney Rock Village
- Village of Chimney Rock Village is located in Rutherford County
- Estimated population in 2015: 108 people
How Far From Riverbend 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 Riverbend to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Riverbend and extending to:
- Rutherfordton, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Riverbend to Rutherfordton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 199 miles [320.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 370 miles [595.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,268 miles [10,087.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,971 miles [11,218.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,849 miles [7,803.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Riverbend. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Rutherford County: www.rutherfordcountync.gov/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Riverbend 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Riverbend) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Riverbend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4293, Longitude: -82.1696 In this case, the coordinates for Riverbend 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Riverbend to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.995 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.47 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.969 degrees. |