Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Burkes Garden:
  • 37.098172, -81.340937
  • 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 Burkes Garden

• 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 Burkes Garden is near Bland County and also Wythe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bland County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wythe 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 Burkes Garden

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burkes Garden ...

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.

• Cove Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cove Creek is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
• Drytown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Drytown is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drytown
• Eagle Oak
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Eagle Oak is located in Bland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Oak
• Five Oaks
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
• Fourway
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Fourway is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourway
• Grapefield
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Grapefield is located in Bland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapefield
• Joe Neets
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Joe Neets is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe Neets
• Little Town
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Little Town is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
• Sam
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Sam is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sam
• Suiter
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Suiter is located in Bland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suiter
• Tiptop
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Tiptop is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiptop

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

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

• Tazewell, which is the Seat of Tazewell County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Burkes Garden to Tazewell, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 216 miles [347.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 265 miles [426.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,157 miles [9,908.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,866 miles [11,049.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,742 miles [7,631.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'