Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rollingwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rollingwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rollingwood
- 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 Rollingwood:
- 35.310686, -81.503145
- 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 Rollingwood
- 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 Cleveland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cleveland County
- Since Rollingwood is near Gaston County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Gaston County
- eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Rollingwood ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Rollingwood.
There are four communities within North Carolina that are also named Rollingwood.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Cumberland County
- This Rollingwood is located in Cumberland County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the east of the Rollingwood that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Rollingwood.
- Johnston County
- This Rollingwood is located in Johnston County and lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<1> to the east of the Rollingwood that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Rollingwood.
- Pitt County
- This Rollingwood is located in Pitt County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the east of the Rollingwood that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Rollingwood.
- Wake County
- This Rollingwood is located in Wake County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rollingwood that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Rollingwood.
- Cumberland County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Rollingwood is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Rollingwood.
- California
- Contra Costa County
- This Rollingwood is located in Contra Costa County and lies 2,251 miles [3,622.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Contra Costa County community of Rollingwood.
- Georgia
- Clarke County
- This Rollingwood is located in Clarke County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Rollingwood.
- Floyd County
- This Rollingwood is located in Floyd County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km] to the west southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Rollingwood.
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This Rollingwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rollingwood that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rollingwood.
- South Carolina
- Lexington County
- This Rollingwood is located in Lexington County and lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the south of the Rollingwood that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Rollingwood.
- Tennessee
- Hamilton County
- This Rollingwood is located in Hamilton County and lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the west of the Rollingwood that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Rollingwood.
- Texas
- Travis County
- This Rollingwood is located in Travis County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Rollingwood.
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- This Rollingwood is located in Fairfax County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rollingwood that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Rollingwood.
- Isle of Wight County
- This Rollingwood is located in Isle of Wight County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km] to the east northeast of the Rollingwood that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Isle of Wight County community of Rollingwood.
- Portsmouth City
- 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 Virginia community of Rollingwood [Portsmouth City].
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rollingwood ...
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.
- Double Shoals
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Double Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Shoals
- Double Shoals is located in Cleveland County
- Dover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Elizabeth City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabeth City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
- Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County
- Fancy ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Landsdown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Light Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pleasant Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Rocky Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook
- Rocky Brook is located in Cleveland County
- Shanghai
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Stony Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Stony Point is located in Cleveland County
- Sulphur Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sulphur Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Sulphur Springs is located in Cleveland County
- Waco
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Waco is located in Cleveland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Zion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Rollingwood 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 Rollingwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rollingwood and extending to:
- Shelby, which is the Seat of Cleveland County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Rollingwood to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 348 miles [560.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,245 miles [10,050.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,946 miles [11,178.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,824 miles [7,763.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rollingwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Cleveland County: www.clevelandcounty.com/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rollingwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rollingwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3107, Longitude: -81.5031 In this case, the coordinates for Rollingwood 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 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 Rollingwood 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> | 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 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 Rollingwood 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 310.605 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.004 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.739 degrees. |