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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 Goforth Cross Road, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Goforth Cross Road 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 Goforth Cross Road:
    • 35.155682, -81.676209
    • 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 Goforth Cross Road
  • 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
    • Since Goforth Cross Road is near Cleveland County and also Rutherford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford 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 Goforth Cross Road

Curious and Interesting Names Near Goforth Cross Road ...

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.

  • Buffalo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Buffalo is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Cherokee Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherokee Hills is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
  • Erwinsville ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
  • Flint Hill ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
  • Garden Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Garden Park is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Park
  • Grassy Pond
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Grassy Pond is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Pond
  • Harmony Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Harmony Hill is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hill
  • Jones Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jones Ferry is located in Cleveland County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ferry
  • Maplewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Maplewood is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Maud
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Maud is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
  • Pleasant Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Meadows is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Meadows
  • Quail Hollow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Quail Hollow is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
  • Rosehill Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosehill Park is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Park

How Far From Goforth Cross Road 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 Goforth Cross Road to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Goforth Cross Road once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Goforth Cross Road and extending to:

  • Gaffney, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Goforth Cross Road to Columbia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 363 miles [584.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,259 miles [10,072.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,960 miles [11,201 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,838 miles [7,786 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Goforth Cross Road, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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- Goforth Cross Road) 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 Goforth Cross Road 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 Goforth Cross Road. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1557, Longitude: -81.6762       In this case, the coordinates for Goforth Cross Road have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.704 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.096 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.852 degrees.