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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 Burnsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burnsville 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 Burnsville:
- 38.177195, -79.647805
- 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 Burnsville
- 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 Bath County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bath County
- Since Burnsville is near Highland County and also Augusta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Highland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Augusta 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 Burnsville
Communities Also Named Burnsville ...
We found nine communities that are also named Burnsville.
Within Virginia, the name Burnsville is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dallas County
- This Burnsville is located in Dallas County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Burnsville that is located in Bath County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Burnsville.
- Indiana
- Bartholomew County
- This Burnsville is located in Bartholomew County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Burnsville that is located in Bath County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartholomew County community of Burnsville.
- Minnesota
- Dakota County
- This Burnsville is located in Dakota County and lies 837 miles [1,347 km]<1> to the northwest of the Burnsville that is located in Bath County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dakota County community of Burnsville.
- Mississippi
- Tishomingo County
- This Burnsville is located in Tishomingo County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Burnsville that is located in Bath County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tishomingo County community of Burnsville.
- New Brunswick
- This Burnsville lies 981 miles [1,578.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Burnsville that is located in Bath County.
- North Carolina
- Anson County
- This Burnsville is located in Anson County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<1> to the south of the Burnsville that is located in Bath County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anson County community of Burnsville.
- Yancey County
- This Burnsville is located in Yancey County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km] to the southwest of the Burnsville that is located in Bath County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yancey County community of Burnsville.
- Pennsylvania
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Burnsville [Washington County].
- West Virginia
- Braxton County
- This Burnsville is located in Braxton County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Burnsville that is located in Bath County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Braxton County community of Burnsville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burnsville ...
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.
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Chimney Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chimney Run is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Run
- Clover Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Green Valley is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Marble Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mill Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mill Gap is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Gap
- Sunrise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sunrise is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Trimble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Trimble is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Warm Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Burnsville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Burnsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Burnsville and extending to:
- Warm Springs, which is the Seat of Bath County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Burnsville to Warm Springs, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 128 miles [206 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 149 miles [239.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,039 miles [9,718.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,747 miles [10,858.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,623 miles [7,440 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Burnsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Burnsville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Burnsville 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 Burnsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1772, Longitude: -79.6478 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.472 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.131 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.075 degrees. |
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