Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Sweetgum:
  • 35.291200, -83.771008
  • 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 Sweetgum

• 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 Graham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Graham County
  • Since Sweetgum is near Cherokee County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Macon 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 Sweetgum

Communities Also Named Sweetgum ...

We found one communities that are also named Sweetgum.

Within North Carolina, the name Sweetgum is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Sweetgum in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Tennessee
    • Van Buren County
    • This Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sweetgum that is located in Graham County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Sweetgum.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sweetgum ...

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.

• Buffalo
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Buffalo is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
• Coalville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Coalville is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
• Hidetown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hidetown is located in Graham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidetown
• Junction
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Junction is located in Graham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
• Milltown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Milltown is located in Graham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
• Oak Grove
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Grove is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Rattler Ford
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Rattler Ford is located in Graham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattler Ford
• Robbinsville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Robbinsville is located in Graham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbinsville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 716 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Robbinsville <2>
• Talc Mountain
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Talc Mountain is located in Swain County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talc Mountain
• Valleytown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Valleytown is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleytown
• Yellow Creek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Yellow Creek is located in Graham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sweetgum and extending to:

• Robbinsville, which is the Seat of Graham County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Sweetgum to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 446 miles [717.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,341 miles [10,204.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,049 miles [11,344.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,925 miles [7,926 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'