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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 Wolf Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wolf Ridge 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 Wolf Ridge:
- 35.165379, -82.935970
- 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 Wolf Ridge
- 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 Transylvania County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Transylvania County
- Since Wolf Ridge is near Jackson County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 Wolf Ridge
Communities Also Named Wolf Ridge ...
We found one communities that are also named Wolf Ridge.
Within North Carolina, the name Wolf Ridge is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Wolf Ridge in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Doniphan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wolf Ridge [Doniphan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wolf Ridge ...
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.
- Bear Wallow Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bear Wallow Hollow is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Wallow Hollow
- Cane Brake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cane Brake is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Brake
- Cherryfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cherryfield is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryfield
- Fox Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fox Ridge is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Ridge
- Island Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Island Ford is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Ford
- Ridge Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ridge Haven is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Haven
- Round Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Round Mountain is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
- Sapphire
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Wolf Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Mountain is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Mountain
How Far From Wolf Ridge 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 Wolf Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wolf Ridge and extending to:
- Brevard, which is the Seat of Transylvania County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wolf Ridge to Brevard, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 245 miles [394.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 414 miles [666.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,312 miles [10,158.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,017 miles [11,292.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,894 miles [7,876.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wolf Ridge 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Wolf Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wolf Ridge 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 Wolf Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1654, Longitude: -82.9360 In this case, the coordinates for Wolf Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.442 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.945 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.349 degrees. |
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