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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 Burnt Chimney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burnt Chimney 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 Burnt Chimney:
    • 37.104644, -79.816104
    • 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 Burnt Chimney
  • 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Since Burnt Chimney is near Bedford County and also Roanoke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford 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 Burnt Chimney

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burnt Chimney ...

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.

  • Clearbrook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Clearbrook is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook
  • Crafts Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Crafts Point is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts Point
  • Crossroads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Crossroads is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Diamond Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Diamond Hill is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hill
  • Foxsport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Foxsport is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxsport
  • Goodview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hardy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Hardy Ford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Hardy Ford is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Ford
  • Helm
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Helm is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm
  • Homeland Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Homeland Hills is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Hills
  • Isle of Pines
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Isle of Pines is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Pines
  • Leslie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Leslie is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
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How Far From Burnt Chimney 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 Burnt Chimney to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Burnt Chimney and extending to:

  • Rocky Mount, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Burnt Chimney 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,093 miles [9,805.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,674 miles [7,522.1 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burnt Chimney) 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 Burnt Chimney 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 Burnt Chimney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1046, Longitude: -79.8161    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.602 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.12 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.506 degrees.