Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Amonate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amonate and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Amonate

• 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 Amonate:
  • 37.190948, -81.638721
  • 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 Amonate

• 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 Tazewell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tazewell County
  • Since Amonate is near McDowell County and also Buchanan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McDowell County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan 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 Amonate

Curious and Interesting Names Near Amonate ...

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.

• Bearwallow
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
• Bishop
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Bishop is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
• Busthead
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Busthead is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busthead
• Cucumber
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Cucumber is located in McDowell County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cucumber
• Faraday
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Faraday is located in McDowell County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faraday
• Gap Store
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Gap Store is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Store
• Hix ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Hix is located in McDowell County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix
• Jacobs Fork
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jacobs Fork is located in McDowell County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Fork
• Johnstown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Johnstown is located in McDowell County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Maxwell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Maxwell is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
  • Pleasant Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Rift
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Rift is located in McDowell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rift
  • River Jack
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • River Jack is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Jack
  • Squire
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Squire is located in McDowell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squire
  • Stony Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Stony Ridge is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ridge

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Amonate and extending to:

• Tazewell, which is the Seat of Tazewell County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Amonate to Richmond, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 276 miles [444.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,166 miles [9,923.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,875 miles [11,064.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,751 miles [7,646 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'