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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 Bacons Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bacons Fork 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 Bacons Fork:
    • 36.852369, -78.059999
    • 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 Bacons Fork
  • 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 Lunenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lunenburg County
    • Since Bacons Fork is near Brunswick County and also Mecklenburg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mecklenburg 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 Bacons Fork

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bacons Fork ...

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.

  • Bishops Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Bishops Corner is located in Lunenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Corner
  • Danieltown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Danieltown is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danieltown
  • Edmunds Store
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Edmunds Store is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmunds Store
  • Forksville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Forksville is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forksville
  • Gary
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Gary is located in Lunenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
  • Gills Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Gills Corner is located in Lunenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Corner
  • Non Intervention ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Non Intervention is located in Lunenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Non Intervention
  • Opie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Opie is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opie
  • Oral Oaks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pleasant Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasant Grove is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Price Mill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Price Mill is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Mill
    • Stones Mill
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Stones Mill is located in Lunenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Mill
    • Tobacco
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Tobacco is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobacco
    • Vote
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Vote is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vote
    • Whittles Mill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Whittles Mill is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittles Mill

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

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

  • Lunenburg, which is the Seat of Lunenburg County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bacons Fork to Lunenburg, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 58 miles [93.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 151 miles [243 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,029 miles [9,702.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,727 miles [10,826.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,607 miles [7,414.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bacons Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Bacons Fork 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 Bacons Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8524, Longitude: -78.0600       In this case, the coordinates for Bacons Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.588 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.923 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.883 degrees.