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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 Vale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vale 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 Vale:
    • 35.539855, -81.397309
    • 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 Vale
  • 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Since Vale is near Catawba County and also Cleveland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Catawba County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland 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 Vale

Communities Also Named Vale ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Vale.

There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Vale.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Avery County
      • This Vale is located in Avery County and lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Vale that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Avery County community of Vale.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Solano County
      • This Vale is located in Solano County and lies 2,219 miles [3,571.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Vale that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Solano County community of Vale.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Vale is located in Harford County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Vale that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Vale.
    • Missouri
      • Douglas 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 Missouri community of Vale [Douglas County].
      • Jackson County
      • This Vale is located in Jackson County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Vale that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Vale.
    • Oregon
      • Malheur County
      • This Vale is located in Malheur County and lies 1,972 miles [3,173.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Vale that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Malheur County community of Vale.
    • South Dakota
      • Butte County
      • This Vale is located in Butte County and lies 1,314 miles [2,114.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Vale that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butte County community of Vale.
    • Tennessee
      • Carroll County
      • This Vale is located in Carroll County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the west of the Vale that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Vale.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Vale is located in Fairfax County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Vale that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Vale.
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • This Vale is located in Greenbrier County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Vale that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Vale.
    • Wisconsin
      • Chippewa 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 Wisconsin community of Vale [Chippewa County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vale ...

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.

  • Cat Square
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Cat Square is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Square
  • Cooksville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cooksville is located in Catawba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
  • Daniels ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Daniels is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels
  • Flay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Flay is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flay
  • Henry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Henry is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
  • Hulls Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
  • Johnstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Johnstown is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
  • Orleans
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Orleans is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
  • Plateau
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Plateau is located in Catawba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
  • Pleasant ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant

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

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

  • Lincolnton, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Vale to Lincolnton, 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 155 miles [249.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 333 miles [535.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,931 miles [11,154.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,810 miles [7,740.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Vale 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>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 Vale 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 Vale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5399, Longitude: -81.3973       In this case, the coordinates for Vale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.544 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.968 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.63 degrees.