Old Fort
in McDowell County of North Carolina, United States
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Asheville Regional Airport (24 mi) - Hickory Regional Airport (45 mi)
- Greenville Spartanburg International Airport (51 mi)
- Tri Cities Regional Tn Va Airport (60 mi)
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport (75 mi)
- McGhee Tyson Airport (102 mi)
- Mercer County Airport (127 mi)
- Columbia Metropolitan Airport (131 mi)
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Unesco heritage, 22 mi)
- Black Mountain Golf Course (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Rumbling Bald Resort (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Lake Lure Municipal GC (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Marion Lake Golf Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Buncombe County Municipal Golf Club (Golf course, 18 mi)
- Mountain Air Country Club (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Grassy Creek Golf & Country Club (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Mount Mitchell Golf Club (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Cleghorn Plantation Golf & CC (Golf course, 22 mi)
- Rutherfordton Golf Club (Golf course, 22 mi)
- Proposed Crabtree Creek Overlook (observation point, (14 mi)
- Ashville Fun Depot (amusement park, (20 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 35.629 and -82.181 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 35° 37' 44" and W -82° 10' 50"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - USD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Spanish, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 03:39 AM (Thursday)
- Timezone: America/New_York
- UTC/GMT offset: -10 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:27 am and 8:22 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -33.937 and 115.018 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Burnside - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United States.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United States. Last Update: 2024-05-08 08:04:21
Explore Old Fort
Old Fort in McDowell County (North Carolina) with it's 911 inhabitants is a city in United States about 362 mi (or 582 km) south-west of Washington DC, the country's capital.
Local time in Old Fort is now 03:39 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named America / New York with an UTC offset of -4 hours. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Old Fort, of which 6 are larger airports. The closest airport in United States is Asheville Regional Airport in a distance of 24 mi (or 39 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Great Smoky Mountains National Park in a distance of 22 mi (or 35 km), West. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. We found 2 points of interest in the vicinity of this place.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Marion, Burnsville, Rutherfordton, Asheville and Columbus. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 23°C / 73 °F
| Morning Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 26°C / 78 °F |
| Night Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 8% |
| Air Humidity | 87% |
| Air Pressure | 1007 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Thursday, 9th of May 2024
25°C (77 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Friday, 10th of May 2024
22°C (71 °F)
16°C (60 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 11th of May 2024
23°C (74 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Old Fort, North Carolina
Old Fort is a town in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 959 at the 2008 estimated Census. The town is well known for its weekly mountain music concerts, attracting large audiences and many musicians from the surrounding areas to Old Fort's downtown each Friday at 7:30 p.m. Concerts are performed in the historic Rockett Building and admission is free. In 2010, the North Carolina Wildlife Commission added it to their list of N.C. Mountain Heritage Trout Towns.
Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center
The Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center focuses on Southern Appalachian heritage, and the culture and history of western North Carolina. The museum is located in Old Fort, North Carolina, and is part of the Division of State History Museums, Office of Archives and History, an agency of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Admission is free, and the museum is open year round.
Arrowhead Monument
Just over the railroad tracks in Old Fort, North Carolina, is the town square defined by a 30-foot-tall arrowhead hand-chiseled in granite. The landmark was unveiled to a crowd of more than 6,000 people on July 27, 1930, by Marie Nesbitt as a symbol of the peace achieved in an earlier century between pioneers and Native Americans. The train always stopped here.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Old Fort.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Catawba Vale, أولد فورت, Old Fort, اوولد فرت، کارولینای شمالی, Олд Форт
