Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Riverside Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Riverside Estates and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Riverside Estates
- 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 Riverside Estates:
- 35.192337, -82.742627
- 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 Riverside Estates
- 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 Transylvania County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Transylvania County
- Since Riverside Estates is near Greenville County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Greenville County
- eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 Riverside Estates ...
We found eight communities that share the name Riverside Estates.
Within North Carolina, the name Riverside Estates is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Riverside Estates is located in Jefferson County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Riverside Estates that is located in Transylvania County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Riverside Estates.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Riverside Estates is located in Hillsborough County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the south of the Riverside Estates that is located in Transylvania County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Riverside Estates.
- Georgia
- Newton County
- This Riverside Estates is located in Newton County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Riverside Estates that is located in Transylvania County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Riverside Estates.
- Maryland
- Howard County
- This Riverside Estates is located in Howard County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Riverside Estates that is located in Transylvania County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Riverside Estates.
- Saskatchewan
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Riverside Estates.
- Texas
- Hidalgo County
- This Riverside Estates is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Riverside Estates that is located in Transylvania County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Riverside Estates.
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- This Riverside Estates is located in Fairfax County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Riverside Estates that is located in Transylvania County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Riverside Estates.
- Roanoke County
- This Riverside Estates is located in Roanoke County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km] to the northeast of the Riverside Estates that is located in Transylvania County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Riverside Estates.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Riverside Estates ...
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.
- Cherryfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherryfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryfield
- Cherryfield is located in Transylvania County
- Ducktown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Falls Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Creek
- Falls Creek is located in Transylvania County
- Glen Cannon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Cannon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cannon
- Glen Cannon is located in Transylvania County
- Knob Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knob Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
- Knob Creek is located in Transylvania County
- Knob Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Knob Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knob Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Ridge
- Knob Ridge is located in Transylvania County
- Mountain View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Transylvania County
- Piney Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Woods
- Piney Woods is located in Transylvania County
- Rocky Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rocky Hill is located in Transylvania County
- Seven Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Slick Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slick Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Slick Rock is located in Transylvania County
- Stoney Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoney Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
- Stoney Brook is located in Transylvania County
- Sweetwater Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetwater Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Farms
- Sweetwater Farms is located in Transylvania County
How Far From Riverside Estates 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 Riverside Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Riverside Estates and extending to:
- Brevard, which is the Seat of Transylvania County, lies just to the North.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Riverside Estates to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>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 405 miles [651.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,007 miles [11,276.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,884 miles [7,860 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Riverside Estates. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Transylvania County: www.transylvaniacounty.org/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Riverside Estates) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Riverside Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1923, Longitude: -82.7426 In this case, the coordinates for Riverside Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Riverside Estates 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. |
| <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 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. |
| <5> | 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 Riverside Estates to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.329 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.818 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.264 degrees. |