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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 Cadet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cadet 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 Cadet:
- 36.860374, -82.794606
- 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 Cadet
- 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 Wise County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wise County
- Since Cadet is near Lee County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Cadet
Communities Also Named Cadet ...
We found six communities that are also named Cadet.
Within Virginia, the name Cadet is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
In addition to the above occurrences of Cadet, we know of two communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- El Paso County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Cadet [El Paso County].
- Missouri
- Washington County
- This Cadet is located in Washington County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Cadet that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cadet.
- Tennessee
- Williamson County
- This Cadet is located in Williamson County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Cadet that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Cadet.
- Texas
- Bexar County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cadet [Bexar County].
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Guadeloupe
- Distance: 1,919 miles [3,088.3 km]<2> to the southeast
- Open a Google Map centered on Cadet
- Haiti
- Distance: 1,311 miles [2,109.8 km]<2> to the south southeast
- Open a Google Map centered on Cadet
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cadet ...
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.
- Big Stone Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cracker Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cracker Neck is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cracker Neck
- Deep Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deep Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Springs
- Derby
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Derby is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- East Stone Gap
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Stone Gap is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap
- Harper
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Harvey
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harvey is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Irondale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Irondale is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Jasper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jasper is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Kent Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
- Mohawk ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mohawk is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
- Rawhide
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rawhide is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Roundstone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Roundstone is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundstone
- Seminary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seminary is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminary
How Far From Cadet 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 Cadet to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cadet and extending to:
- Wise, which is the Seat of Wise County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cadet to Wise, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 298 miles [479.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 343 miles [552 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,229 miles [10,024.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,940 miles [11,168.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,816 miles [7,750.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Cadet 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Cadet) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cadet 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 Cadet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8604, Longitude: -82.7946 In this case, the coordinates for Cadet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.376 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.113 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.814 degrees. |
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