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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 Wisemans View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wisemans View 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 Wisemans View:
- 35.903738, -81.905387
- 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 Wisemans View
- 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 Burke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
- Since Wisemans View is near McDowell County and also Avery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDowell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Avery 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 Wisemans View
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wisemans View ...
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.
- Chestnut Dale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Dale is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Dale
- Cold Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Springs is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Gold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gold is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold
- Grassy Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Grassy Creek is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Hughes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hughes is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Jonas Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Little Switzerland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Longtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Longtown is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Montezuma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Montezuma is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Plumtree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spear
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spear is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spear
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Spruce Pine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Table Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Table Rock is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Three Mile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Three Mile is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mile
- Woodlawn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Worry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Worry is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worry
How Far From Wisemans View to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wisemans View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wisemans View and extending to:
- Morganton, which is the Seat of Burke County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wisemans View to Morganton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 337 miles [542.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,235 miles [10,034.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,940 miles [11,168.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,817 miles [7,752.2 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 '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- Wisemans View) 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 Wisemans View 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 Wisemans View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9037, Longitude: -81.9054 In this case, the coordinates for Wisemans View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.843 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.364 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.727 degrees. |
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