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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 Lynchburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lynchburg 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 Lynchburg:
    • 35.283136, -86.374159
    • 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 Lynchburg
  • 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 Moore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Moore County
    • Since Lynchburg is near Lincoln County and also Bedford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford 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 Lynchburg

Communities Also Named Lynchburg ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Lynchburg.

Within Tennessee, the name Lynchburg is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Butte County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Lynchburg [Butte County].
    • Florida
      • Polk County
      • This Lynchburg is located in Polk County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Lynchburg that is located in Moore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Lynchburg.
    • Illinois
      • Jefferson County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lynchburg [Jefferson County].
    • Mississippi
      • DeSoto County
      • This Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<2> to the west of the Lynchburg that is located in Moore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Lynchburg.
      • Hinds County
      • This Lynchburg is located in Hinds County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km] to the southwest of the Lynchburg that is located in Moore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Lynchburg.
    • Missouri
      • Laclede County
      • This Lynchburg is located in Laclede County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lynchburg that is located in Moore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laclede County community of Lynchburg.
      • Nodaway County
      • Although located in Nodaway County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nodaway County community of Lynchburg.
    • North Dakota
      • Cass County
      • This Lynchburg is located in Cass County and lies 973 miles [1,565.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Lynchburg that is located in Moore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Lynchburg.
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana County
      • This Lynchburg is located in Columbiana County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<2> to the northeast of the Lynchburg that is located in Moore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Lynchburg.
      • Highland County
      • This Lynchburg is located in Highland County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km] to the north northeast of the Lynchburg that is located in Moore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Lynchburg.
    • South Carolina
      • Lee County
      • This Lynchburg is located in Lee County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Lynchburg that is located in Moore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Lynchburg.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Lynchburg is located in Harris County and lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the Lynchburg that is located in Moore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Lynchburg.
    • Virginia
      • Campbell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Lynchburg [Campbell County].
      • Lynchburg City
      • This Lynchburg is located in Lynchburg City and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Lynchburg that is located in Moore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynchburg City community of Lynchburg.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lynchburg ...

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.

  • Bakertown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bakertown is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
  • Countyline
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Countyline is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
  • Flat Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Flat Creek is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
  • Hickory Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Hilltop
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hilltop is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Lockes Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lockes Mill is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockes Mill
  • Marble Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Marble Hill is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hill
  • Mulberry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Raysville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Raysville is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raysville
  • Turkey Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Turkey Creek is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lynchburg and extending to:

  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Lynchburg to Nashville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 571 miles [918.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,164 miles [11,529.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,040 miles [8,111.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Lynchburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lynchburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Lynchburg 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lynchburg 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 Lynchburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2831, Longitude: -86.3742       In this case, the coordinates for Lynchburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.51 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.34 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.726 degrees.