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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 Shingle Hollow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shingle Hollow 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 Shingle Hollow:
- 35.470956, -82.073718
- 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 Shingle Hollow
- 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Since Shingle Hollow is near Polk County and also McDowell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDowell 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 Shingle Hollow
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shingle Hollow ...
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.
- Cuba ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cuba is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Gage ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gage is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Green Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Jeter ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jeter is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeter
- Lake Lure
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Poplar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Quail Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Quail Ridge is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Riverbend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverbend is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Rock Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Thermal City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thermal City is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermal City
- Union Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Shingle Hollow to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Shingle Hollow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Shingle Hollow and extending to:
- Rutherfordton, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Shingle Hollow to Rutherfordton, 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 193 miles [310.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 364 miles [585.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,262 miles [10,077.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,965 miles [11,209.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,843 miles [7,794.1 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shingle Hollow) 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 Shingle Hollow 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 Shingle Hollow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4710, Longitude: -82.0737 In this case, the coordinates for Shingle Hollow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.94 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.412 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.919 degrees. |
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