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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 West Haven, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Haven and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 West Haven:
    • 35.469280, -82.576512
    • 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 West Haven
  • 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 Buncombe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buncombe County
    • Since West Haven is near Henderson County and also Transylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Transylvania 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 West Haven

Communities Also Named West Haven ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named West Haven.

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

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

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Lenoir County
      • This West Haven is located in Lenoir County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the east of the West Haven that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of West Haven.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This West Haven is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the west southwest of the West Haven that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of West Haven.
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This West Haven is located in New Haven County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the West Haven that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of West Haven.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This West Haven is located in New Castle County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the West Haven that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of West Haven.
    • Kansas
      • Hamilton 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 Kansas community of West Haven [Hamilton County].
      • Stanton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of West Haven [Stanton County].
    • Maryland
      • Dorchester County
      • This West Haven is located in Dorchester County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the east northeast of the West Haven that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of West Haven.
    • Michigan
      • Shiawassee 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 Michigan community of West Haven [Shiawassee County].
    • Oregon
      • Washington County
      • This West Haven is located in Washington County and lies 2,195 miles [3,532.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the West Haven that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of West Haven.
    • Tennessee
      • Knox County
      • This West Haven is located in Knox County and lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the West Haven that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of West Haven.
      • Maury County
      • This West Haven is located in Maury County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km] to the west of the West Haven that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of West Haven.
    • Texas
      • Hidalgo County
      • This West Haven is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the West Haven that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of West Haven.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This West Haven is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,630 miles [2,623.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the West Haven that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of West Haven.
      • Weber County
      • This West Haven is located in Weber County and lies 1,636 miles [2,632.9 km] to the west northwest of the West Haven that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of West Haven.
    • Vermont
      • Rutland County
      • This West Haven is located in Rutland County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the West Haven that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of West Haven.

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Haven ...

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.

  • Beaverdam
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Beaverdam is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
  • Goodluck
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Goodluck is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
  • Hominy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hominy is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hominy
  • Hoopers Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hoopers Creek is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Creek
  • Mountain View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Mountain View is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Naples
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Naples is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
  • Rosebank Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosebank Park is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank Park
  • Royal Pines
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Royal Pines is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Pines
  • Rugby
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rugby is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
  • Sand Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sand Hill is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
  • Skyland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sulphur Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
  • Valley Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley Springs is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Springs
  • Woodside Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodside Hills is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Hills

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

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

  • Asheville, which is the Seat of Buncombe County, lies just to the North.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from West Haven to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 385 miles [619.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,283 miles [10,111.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,988 miles [11,246.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,865 miles [7,829.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Haven) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 West Haven 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 West Haven 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 West Haven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4693, Longitude: -82.5765       In this case, the coordinates for West Haven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.235 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.751 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.121 degrees.