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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 Butts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Butts 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 Butts:
    • 36.732332, -82.036518
    • 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 Butts
  • 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Since Butts is near Russell County and also Bristol City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Russell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bristol City
  • 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 Butts

Communities Also Named Butts ...

We found seven communities that are also named Butts.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Butts.

Beyond Virginia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Chesapeake City
      • This Butts is located in Chesapeake City and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the east of the Butts that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Butts.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Emanuel 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 Georgia community of Butts [Emanuel County].
      • Jenkins County
      • This Butts is located in Jenkins County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<1> to the south of the Butts that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jenkins County community of Butts.
    • Illinois
      • Kankakee 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 Illinois community of Butts [Kankakee County].
    • Missouri
      • Crawford County
      • This Butts is located in Crawford County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Butts that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Butts.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • 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 Newfoundland and Labrador community of Butts.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Centre County
      • This Butts is located in Centre County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Butts that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Butts.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Butts ...

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.

  • Booker
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Booker is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
  • Craigs Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Craigs Mill is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs Mill
  • Evergreen Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Evergreen Hills is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Hills
  • Fractionville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fractionville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fractionville
  • Green Spring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Green Spring is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
  • Lowland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lowland is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
  • Parks Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Parks Mill is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Mill
  • Rocktown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rocktown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocktown
  • Rush Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Rush Corner is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Corner
  • Rust Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Rust Hollow is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rust Hollow
  • Shadow Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Shadow Valley is located in Bristol City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Valley
  • Shady Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Shady Grove is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Shortsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Shortsville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortsville
  • Walnut Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Bristol City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Butts and extending to:

  • Abingdon, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Butts 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 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 310 miles [498.9 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 6,203 miles [9,982.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,912 miles [11,123.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,788 miles [7,705.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Butts) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Butts 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 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 Butts 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 Butts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7323, Longitude: -82.0365       In this case, the coordinates for Butts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.922 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.574 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.536 degrees.