Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sharp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sharp and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sharp
- 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 Sharp:
- 35.942912, -80.910907
- 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 Sharp
- 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 Iredell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Iredell County
- Since Sharp is near Wilkes County and also Alexander County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wilkes County
- eBird sighting report for Alexander 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 Sharp ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Sharp.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Sharp.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- This Sharp is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Sharp that is located in Iredell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Sharp.
- Rapides Parish
- This Sharp is located in Rapides Parish and lies 749 miles [1,205.4 km] to the west southwest of the Sharp that is located in Iredell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Sharp.
- Maine
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Juab County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Sharp [Juab County].
- Salt Lake County
- This Sharp is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,702 miles [2,739.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Sharp that is located in Iredell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Sharp.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sharp ...
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.
- Central
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Charles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Harmony is located in Iredell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harmony <5>
- Jennings
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Kingswood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Liberty Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Liberty Hill is located in Iredell County
- Love Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Love Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Valley
- Love Valley is located in Iredell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Love Valley <5>
- Snow Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Creek
- Snow Creek is located in Iredell County
- Union Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Union Grove is located in Iredell County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Grove <5>
- Zion ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Sharp 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 Sharp 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 community of Sharp once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Sharp and extending to:
- Statesville, which is the Seat of Iredell County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Sharp to Statesville, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 127 miles [204.4 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 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 294 miles [473.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,893 miles [11,093.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,771 miles [7,678.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Iredell County: www.co.iredell.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Sharp 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> | 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- Sharp) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sharp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9429, Longitude: -80.9109 In this case, the coordinates for Sharp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sharp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Sharp to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.26 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.701 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.316 degrees. |