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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 Rutherwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rutherwood 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 Rutherwood:
- 36.224590, -81.598523
- 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 Rutherwood
- 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 Watauga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Watauga County
- Since Rutherwood is near Ashe County and also Caldwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell 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 Rutherwood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rutherwood ...
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.
- Bamboo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Deep Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Echo Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Echo Park is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Park
- Fleetwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grave Yard ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grave Yard is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grave Yard
- Green Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Hillcrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hillcrest is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Meat Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meat Camp is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meat Camp
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Poplar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Poplar Grove is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Powderhorn Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Powderhorn Mountain is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderhorn Mountain
- Ski Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ski Mountain is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ski Mountain
- Soda Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Soda Hill is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Hill
- Solo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Solo is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
- Stony Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Rutherwood 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 Rutherwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rutherwood and extending to:
- Boone, which is the Seat of Watauga County, lies just to the West.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Rutherwood to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>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 310 miles [498.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,207 miles [9,989.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,790 miles [7,708.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rutherwood) 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 Rutherwood 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 Rutherwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2246, Longitude: -81.5985 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.663 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.203 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.508 degrees. |
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