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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 Childress, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Childress 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 Childress:
- 37.056393, -80.504498
- 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 Childress
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Childress is near Pulaski County and also Floyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd 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 Childress
Communities Also Named Childress ...
We found five communities that are also named Childress.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Childress.
Beyond Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Goochland County
- This Childress is located in Goochland County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Childress that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Childress.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Craighead County
- This Childress is located in Craighead County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<1> to the west of the Childress that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Childress.
- Prairie 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 Arkansas community of Childress [Prairie County].
- Tennessee
- Sullivan County
- This Childress is located in Sullivan County and lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Childress that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Childress.
- Texas
- Childress County
- This Childress is located in Childress County and lies 1,120 miles [1,802.5 km]<1> to the west of the Childress that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Childress County community of Childress.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Childress ...
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.
- Carthage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Carthage is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Cedar Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- College Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- College Park is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- Forest Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Park is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Haven Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Haven Heights is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Heights
- Hickory Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Lee-Hi Court
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lee-Hi Court is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee-Hi Court
- Little Montgomery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Montgomery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Montgomery
- Mockingbird Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mockingbird Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
- Mountain View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mountain View is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Rogers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Snowville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Victory Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Victory Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Heights
- Willow Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Woods is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Woods
How Far From Childress 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 Childress to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Childress and extending to:
- Christiansburg, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Childress to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 227 miles [365.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,124 miles [9,855.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,830 miles [10,991.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,707 miles [7,575.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Childress) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Childress 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 Childress 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 Childress. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0564, Longitude: -80.5045 In this case, the coordinates for Childress have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.009 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.577 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.804 degrees. |
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