Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Seagles Store:
  • 35.540133, -81.400642
  • 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 Seagles Store

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seagles Store ...

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.

• Cat Square
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Cat Square is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Square
• Cooksville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cooksville is located in Catawba County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
• Daniels ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Daniels is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels
• Flay
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Flay is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flay
• Henry
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Henry is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
• Hulls Crossroads
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
• Johnstown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Johnstown is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
• Orleans
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Orleans is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
• Plateau
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Plateau is located in Catawba County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
• Pleasant ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant

How Far From Seagles Store 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 community such as Seagles Store to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Seagles Store once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Seagles Store and extending to:

• Lincolnton, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Seagles Store to Lincolnton, with an average speed<3> 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 155 miles [249.4 km] to the east (E). 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 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 333 miles [535.9 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 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,932 miles [11,156 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,810 miles [7,740.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'