Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Busthead:
  • 37.107337, -81.698168
  • 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 Busthead

• 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 Busthead is near McDowell County and also Buchanan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McDowell County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan 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 Busthead

Curious and Interesting Names Near Busthead ...

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.

• Cedar Bluff
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Bluff is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 998 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Bluff <1>
• Gap Store
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Gap Store is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Store
• Indian
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian
• Liberty
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Liberty is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Maiden Spring
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Maiden Spring is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Spring
• Maxwell
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Maxwell is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
• Pounding Mill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Pounding Mill is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pounding Mill
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pounding Mill <1>
• Rockhouse
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Rockhouse is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
• Seaboard
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Seaboard is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaboard
• Sulphur Spring ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Sulphur Spring is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Spring

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

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

• Tazewell, which is the Seat of Tazewell County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Busthead to Tazewell, with an average speed<3> 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 235 miles [378.2 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 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 282 miles [453.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,172 miles [9,932.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,881 miles [11,073.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,757 miles [7,655.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'