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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 Blake Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blake Forest and the surrounding area.
- 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 Blake Forest:
- 37.143742, -80.332825
- 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 Blake Forest
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Blake Forest is near Floyd County and also Roanoke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke 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 Blake Forest
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blake Forest ...
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.
- Apple Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Apple Acres is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Acres
- Bangs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bangs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Christiansburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Craig Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Craig Mountain is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Mountain
- Crockett Spring ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett Spring is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Spring
- Diamond Pointe
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Diamond Pointe is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Pointe
- Echo Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Echo Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Hills
- Falling Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Falling Branch is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Branch
- Farmview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Farmview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmview
- Lee-Hi Court
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lee-Hi Court is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee-Hi Court
- Lester Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lester Place is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Place
- Mockingbird Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mockingbird Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mountain View Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mountain View Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Park
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Raintree Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Raintree Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
- Ramble Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ramble Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramble Ridge
- Rogers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rogers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Sleepy Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Suburban Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Suburban Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Hills
- Sugar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Victory Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Victory Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Heights
- Walnut Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Windmill Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Windmill Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Hills
- Yellow Sulphur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Sulphur is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Sulphur
- Yellow Sulphur Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Blake Forest 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 Blake Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Blake Forest and extending to:
- Christiansburg, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Blake Forest to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 216 miles [347.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,113 miles [9,837.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,819 miles [10,974.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,696 miles [7,557.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blake Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Blake Forest 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 Blake Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1437, Longitude: -80.3328 In this case, the coordinates for Blake Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.906 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.472 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.705 degrees. |
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