Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sawmills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sawmills and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sawmills

• 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 Sawmills:
  • 35.816340, -81.477873
  • 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 Sawmills

• 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 Caldwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
  • Since Sawmills is near Burke County and also Catawba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Catawba 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 Sawmills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sawmills ...

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.

• Cedar Valley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Cedar Valley is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
• Cloverdale
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cloverdale is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
• Copenhagen ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Copenhagen is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
• Downsville ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Downsville is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
• Drowning Creek ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Drowning Creek is located in Burke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drowning Creek
• Gamewell
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Gamewell is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamewell
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,993 people
• Grace Chapel
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Grace Chapel is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Chapel
• Granite Falls
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Granite Falls is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,657 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite Falls <1>
• Lovelady ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lovelady is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelady
• Maple Valley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Maple Valley is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Valley
• Penelope
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Penelope is located in Burke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelope
• Pineburr
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pineburr is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineburr
• Smokey Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Smokey Creek is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Creek

How Far From Sawmills 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 town such as Sawmills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sawmills and extending to:

• Lenoir, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Sawmills to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 323 miles [519.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,221 miles [10,011.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,924 miles [11,143.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,802 miles [7,728.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'