Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Norville Crags, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Norville Crags and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Norville Crags
- 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 Norville Crags:
- 36.560130, -80.893409
- 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 Norville Crags
- 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 Surry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Surry County
- Since Norville Crags is near Grayson County and also Alleghany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Grayson County
- eBird sighting report for Alleghany 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Norville Crags ...
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.
- Bottom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Cliffview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Crooked Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crooked Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Oak
- Crooked Oak is located in Surry County
- Hare
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Hooker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Lambsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambsburg
- Lambsburg is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lambsburg <2>
- Low Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- New Home ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Pipers Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Rich Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Round Peak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Round Peak is located in Surry County
- Saddle Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saddle Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Mountain
- Saddle Mountain is located in Alleghany County
How Far From Norville Crags to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Norville Crags 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<3> community of Norville Crags once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Norville Crags and extending to:
- Dobson, which is the Seat of Surry County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Norville Crags to Dobson, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 136 miles [218.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 265 miles [426.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,163 miles [9,918.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,867 miles [11,051.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,745 miles [7,636.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Surry County: www.co.surry.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Norville Crags, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Norville Crags) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Norville Crags. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5601, Longitude: -80.8934 In this case, the coordinates for Norville Crags have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Norville Crags 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 310.245 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.774 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.119 degrees. |