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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 Roaring Gap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roaring Gap 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 Roaring Gap:
- 36.402910, -80.985355
- 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 Roaring Gap
- 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 Alleghany County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alleghany County
- Since Roaring Gap is near Wilkes County and also Surry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Surry 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 Roaring Gap
Communities Also Named Roaring Gap ...
We found one communities that are also named Roaring Gap.
There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Roaring Gap.
Beyond North Carolina.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Wilkes 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 Roaring Gap [Wilkes County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roaring Gap ...
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.
- Brewers ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brewers is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers
- Cherry Lane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Lane is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane
- Chestnut Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Chuckle ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chuckle is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckle
- Dockery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dockery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
- Hare
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hare is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hare
- Hooker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Mountain Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- New Home ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Home is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
- Offer ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Offer is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Offer
- Pine Swamp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Swamp is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Swamp
- Pleasant Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Rich Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rich Hill is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill
- Saddle Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Saddle Mountain is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Mountain
- Traphill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
How Far From Roaring Gap 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 Roaring Gap to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Roaring Gap and extending to:
- Sparta, which is the Seat of Alleghany County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Roaring Gap to Sparta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 276 miles [444.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,174 miles [9,936.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,755 miles [7,652.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Roaring Gap 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Roaring Gap) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Roaring Gap 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 Roaring Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4029, Longitude: -80.9854 In this case, the coordinates for Roaring Gap have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.301 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.815 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.205 degrees. |
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