Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Abbott, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Abbott and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Abbott
- 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 Abbott:
- 37.429606, -80.139396
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Abbott
- 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 Craig County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Craig County
- Since Abbott is near Roanoke County and also Botetourt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Roanoke County
- eBird sighting report for Botetourt 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Abbott ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Abbott.
Within Virginia, the name Abbott is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
In addition to the above occurrences of Abbott, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Floyd County
- Although located in Floyd County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Abbott.
- Trimble 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 Kentucky community of Abbott [Trimble County].
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Argentina
- Distance: 5,203 miles [8,373.4 km]<2> to the south southeast
- Argentina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Abbott ...
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.
- Craig Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craig Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Springs
- Craig Springs is located in Craig County
- Deep Dell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Gunn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Hanging Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Hanging Rock is located in Roanoke County
- Haymakertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haymakertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymakertown
- Haymakertown is located in Botetourt County
- Honeysuckle Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honeysuckle Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Bluff
- Honeysuckle Bluff is located in Salem City
- Lake View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Lee - Mitchell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee - Mitchell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee - Mitchell
- Lee - Mitchell is located in Salem City
- Lone Star
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Marshalltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshalltown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalltown
- Marshalltown is located in Craig County
- Mason Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cove
- Mason Cove is located in Roanoke County
- Middle Mountain ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Mountain
- Middle Mountain is located in Craig County
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mitchell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Plainview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Quail Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Crossing
- Quail Crossing is located in Roanoke County
- Sinking Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sinking Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Creek
- Sinking Creek is located in Craig County
- Skyview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Spangler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Spruce Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hill
- Spruce Hill is located in Roanoke County
- Stonegate
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Talking Leaves
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Talking Leaves have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talking Leaves
- Talking Leaves is located in Roanoke County
- Tinker ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Vermont Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vermont Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont Heights
- Vermont Heights is located in Roanoke County
- Virginia Mineral Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia Mineral Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Mineral Springs
- Virginia Mineral Springs is located in Craig County
- Willow Green
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Green have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Green
- Willow Green is located in Roanoke County
- Woodlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mitchell
How Far From Abbott 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 Abbott to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Abbott and extending to:
- New Castle, which is the Seat of Craig County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Abbott to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 196 miles [315.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,092 miles [9,804.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,799 miles [10,941.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Abbott. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Craig County: www.co.craig.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Abbott 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> | 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- Abbott) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Abbott. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4296, Longitude: -80.1394 |
| <3> | 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 Abbott, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Abbott to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.786 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.377 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.532 degrees. |