Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Castlewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Castlewood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Castlewood
- 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 Castlewood:
- 36.890302, -82.280036
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Castlewood
- 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 Russell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Russell County
- Since Castlewood is near Wise County and also Dickenson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wise County
- eBird sighting report for Dickenson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Castlewood ...
We found ten communities that share the name Castlewood.
Within Virginia, the name Castlewood is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Alameda 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 California community of Castlewood [Alameda County].
- Colorado
- Arapahoe County
- This Castlewood is located in Arapahoe County and lies 1,237 miles [1,990.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Castlewood that is located in Russell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Castlewood.
- Georgia
- Muscogee County
- This Castlewood is located in Muscogee County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Castlewood that is located in Russell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Castlewood.
- Kentucky
- Fayette 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 Kentucky community of Castlewood [Fayette County].
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- This Castlewood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the Castlewood that is located in Russell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Castlewood.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- This Castlewood is located in Saint Louis County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Castlewood that is located in Russell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Castlewood.
- New York
- Saratoga County
- This Castlewood is located in Saratoga County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Castlewood that is located in Russell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Castlewood.
- Pennsylvania
- Lawrence County
- This Castlewood is located in Lawrence County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Castlewood that is located in Russell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Castlewood.
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- This Castlewood is located in Charleston County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Castlewood that is located in Russell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Castlewood.
- South Dakota
- Hamlin County
- This Castlewood is located in Hamlin County and lies 939 miles [1,511.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Castlewood that is located in Russell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamlin County community of Castlewood.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Castlewood ...
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.
- Boody
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Carfax
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Counts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Gravel Lick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravel Lick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Lick
- Gravel Lick is located in Russell County
- John
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Lonesome ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Mew
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Parsonage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Rural
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Sun
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Temple Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temple Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hill
- Temple Hill is located in Russell County
- Virginia City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Virginia City is located in Wise County
How Far From Castlewood 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 Castlewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Castlewood and extending to:
- Lebanon, which is the Seat of Russell County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Castlewood to Lebanon, 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 270 miles [434.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 317 miles [510.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,206 miles [9,987.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,916 miles [11,130.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,792 miles [7,712 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Castlewood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Castlewood 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Castlewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Castlewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8903, Longitude: -82.2800 |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Castlewood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.067 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.763 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.59 degrees. |