Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Village Square Townhouses:
  • 35.288740, -81.538702
  • 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 Village Square Townhouses

• 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 Cleveland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland County
  • Since Village Square Townhouses is near Cherokee County and also Gaston 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 Gaston 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 Village Square Townhouses

Curious and Interesting Names Near Village Square Townhouses ...

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.

• Dover
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Dover is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
• Elizabeth City
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
• Landsdown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Landsdown is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landsdown
• Light Oak
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Light Oak is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
• Pleasant Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Poplar Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Poplar Springs is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
• Rocky Brook
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Rocky Brook is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook
• Rollingwood
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Rollingwood is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
• Shanghai
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shanghai is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
• Sulphur Springs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Sulphur Springs is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
• Zion
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Zion is located in Cleveland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

How Far From Village Square Townhouses 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 Village Square Townhouses to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Village Square Townhouses and extending to:

• Shelby, which is the Seat of Cleveland County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Village Square Townhouses to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 351 miles [564.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,247 miles [10,053.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,948 miles [11,181.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,827 miles [7,768.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'