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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 Cave Alum Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cave Alum Springs 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 Cave Alum Springs:
- 37.398189, -79.993098
- 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 Cave Alum Springs
- 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 Botetourt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Botetourt County
- Since Cave Alum Springs is near Roanoke County and also Roanoke City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke 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 Cave Alum Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cave Alum Springs ...
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.
- Amsterdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Amsterdam is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Bowling Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bowling Green is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Captains Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Captains Grove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Grove
- Cloverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Daleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Glen Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glen Cove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Greenfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Hanging Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hanging Rock is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Haymakertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Haymakertown is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymakertown
- Hedgelawn Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hedgelawn Gardens is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgelawn Gardens
- Lone Star
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lone Star is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Mason Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mason Cove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cove
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Medley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Medley is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medley
- Mountain View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Plainview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Plainview is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Runaway Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Runaway Village is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runaway Village
- Sherry Court
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sherry Court is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry Court
- Spruce Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spruce Hill is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hill
- Sun Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sun Valley is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Sunnybrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnybrook is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Tinker ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tinker is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinker
- Tinker Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tinker Knoll is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinker Knoll
- Vista Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vista Heights is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Heights
- Waterfall Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waterfall Lake is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall Lake
- Willow Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Willow Green is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Green
How Far From Cave Alum Springs 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 Cave Alum Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Cave Alum Springs once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Cave Alum Springs and extending to:
- Fincastle, which is the Seat of Botetourt County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cave Alum Springs to Fincastle, with an average speed<4> 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 140 miles [225.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 191 miles [307.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,087 miles [9,796.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,793 miles [10,932.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,670 miles [7,515.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cave Alum Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Cave Alum Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cave Alum Springs 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 Cave Alum Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3982, Longitude: -79.9931 In this case, the coordinates for Cave Alum Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.70 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.274 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.481 degrees. |
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