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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 Blowing Rock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blowing Rock 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 Blowing Rock:
- 37.226497, -82.430706
- 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 Blowing Rock
- 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 Dickenson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickenson County
- Since Blowing Rock is near Pike County and also Letcher County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Letcher 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 Blowing Rock
Communities Also Named Blowing Rock ...
We found one communities that are also named Blowing Rock.
Within Virginia, the name Blowing Rock is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Blowing Rock in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Caldwell County
- This Blowing Rock is located in Caldwell County and lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Blowing Rock that is located in Dickenson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Blowing Rock.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blowing Rock ...
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.
- Beaver Bottom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Bottom is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Bottom
- Cedarville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Clintwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dry Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dry Fork is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Fork
- Edgewater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Edgewater is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Elkhorn City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Federal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Federal is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal
- Georges Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Georges Fork is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Fork
- Henry Clay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Henry Clay is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Clay
- Kettlecamp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kettlecamp is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettlecamp
- Longfork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Longfork is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfork
- Lookout
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lookout is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Rockhouse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rockhouse is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Tarpon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tarpon is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon
How Far From Blowing Rock 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 Blowing Rock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blowing Rock and extending to:
- Clintwood, which is the Seat of Dickenson County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Blowing Rock to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 315 miles [506.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,197 miles [9,973.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,909 miles [11,119 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,784 miles [7,699.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Blowing Rock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Blowing Rock 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 Blowing Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2265, Longitude: -82.4307 In this case, the coordinates for Blowing Rock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.157 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.915 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.553 degrees. |
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