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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 Squawberry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Squawberry 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 Squawberry:
    • 36.130676, -82.069288
    • 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 Squawberry
  • 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
    • Since Squawberry is near Mitchell County and also Avery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell 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 Squawberry

Curious and Interesting Names Near Squawberry ...

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.

  • Backwoods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Backwoods is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backwoods
  • Beech Bottom
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Beech Bottom is located in Avery County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Bottom
  • Bitter End
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Bitter End is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter End
  • Carpenter Bottom
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Carpenter Bottom is located in Avery County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Bottom
  • Cloudland ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloudland is located in Mitchell County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloudland
  • Cove Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cove Creek is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
  • Crabtree
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Crabtree is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
  • Cranberry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cranberry is located in Avery County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
  • Cranberry Gap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cranberry Gap is located in Avery County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Gap
  • Elk Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Evergreen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Evergreen is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Frank
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Frank is located in Avery County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Heaton Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Heaton Creek is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Creek
    • Roaring Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Roaring Creek is located in Avery County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Creek
    • Shell Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Shell Creek is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
      • Estimated population in 2014: 21,037 people
    • Sugar Hollow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Sugar Hollow is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hollow
    • Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Valley is located in Avery County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Squawberry and extending to:

  • Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Squawberry to Elizabethton, 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.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 262 miles [421.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 335 miles [539.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,232 miles [10,029.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,938 miles [11,165.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,815 miles [7,749 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Squawberry) 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 Squawberry 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 Squawberry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1307, Longitude: -82.0693       In this case, the coordinates for Squawberry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.941 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.509 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.727 degrees.