Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Locust Mount) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Locust Mount. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3438, Longitude: -82.5781 In this case, the coordinates for Locust Mount have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).