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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 Unahala, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Unahala 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 Unahala:
- 35.354977, -83.409470
- 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 Unahala
- 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 Swain County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Swain County
- Since Unahala is near Macon County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Unahala
Curious and Interesting Names Near Unahala ...
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.
- Almond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Big Laurel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Big Laurel is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Birdtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Birdtown is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdtown
- Burningtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Burningtown is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtown
- Cherokee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Deans Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Deans Mill is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Mill
- Gay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Halls Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Halls Ford is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ford
- Indian Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Jenkins Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jenkins Place is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Place
- Leatherman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Maple Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maple Springs is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Springs
- Needmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Needmore is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Roundhill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Roundhill is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Shallow Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shallow Ford is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallow Ford
How Far From Unahala 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 Unahala to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Unahala and extending to:
- Bryson City, which is the Seat of Swain County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Unahala 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 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 427 miles [687.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,323 miles [10,175.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,030 miles [11,313.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,907 miles [7,897.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Unahala) 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 Unahala 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 Unahala. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3550, Longitude: -83.4095 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.726 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.298 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.488 degrees. |
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