Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Tomotla:
  • 35.134807, -83.984352
  • 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 Tomotla

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tomotla ...

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.

• Boiling Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
• Ebenezer
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Ebenezer is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
• Grandview
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Grandview is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
• Grape Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
• Jones Mill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jones Mill is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
• Marble
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Marble is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marble <1>
• Mission
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mission is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
• Murphy
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Murphy is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,666 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murphy <1>
• Peachtree
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Peachtree is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
• Regal
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Regal is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal
• Sales Ford
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Sales Ford is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sales Ford

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tomotla and extending to:

• Murphy, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Tomotla to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 462 miles [743.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,358 miles [10,232.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,065 miles [11,370 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,942 miles [7,953.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'