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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 Steel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Steel 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 Steel:
- 35.678750, -80.455059
- 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 Steel
- 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 Rowan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rowan County
- Since Steel is near Davidson County and also Davie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davie 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 Steel
Communities Also Named Steel ...
We found five communities that are also named Steel.
Within North Carolina, the name Steel is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Lane County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Lane County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Steel.
- Mississippi
- Scott County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Steel [Scott County].
- Ohio
- Belmont County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Steel [Belmont County].
- Ontario
- This Steel lies 960 miles [1,545 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Steel that is located in Rowan County.
- Quebec
- This Steel lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Steel that is located in Rowan County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Steel ...
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.
- Cedarcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cedarcrest is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcrest
- Cross Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cross Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Heights
- Eagle Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Eagle Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Heights
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Grady Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Grady Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady Heights
- Granite Quarry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Holly Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holly Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Park
- Lincoln Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Lockeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lockeland is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockeland
- Meadowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Meadowbrook is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Mirror Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mirror Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Park
- Mocksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mocksville is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mocksville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rolling Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rolling Hills is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Salisbury
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sunrise Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunrise Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Park
- Timbercreek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Timbercreek is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Trading Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Union Terrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Terrace is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Terrace
How Far From Steel 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 Steel 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 Steel once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Steel and extending to:
- Salisbury, which is the Seat of Rowan County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Steel to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 290 miles [466.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,183 miles [9,950.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,883 miles [11,077.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,762 miles [7,663.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Steel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 Steel 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. |
| <3> | 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- Steel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Steel 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 Steel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6788, Longitude: -80.4551 In this case, the coordinates for Steel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.996 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.36 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.215 degrees. |
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