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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 Cifax, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cifax 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 Cifax:
- 37.410991, -79.407660
- 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 Cifax
- 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 Bedford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Since Cifax is near Bedford City and also Campbell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell 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 Cifax
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cifax ...
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 Otter Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Big Otter Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Otter Mill
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Coffee
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coffee is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
- Eagles Eyrie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eagles Eyrie is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Eyrie
- Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Park is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Goode
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Meadow Wood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Wood is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
- Otterville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Otterville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Peaksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Poplar Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Forest is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Forest
How Far From Cifax to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cifax to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cifax and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cifax to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 164 miles [263.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,062 miles [9,755.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,767 miles [10,890.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,644 miles [7,473.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Cifax) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cifax 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 Cifax. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4110, Longitude: -79.4077 In this case, the coordinates for Cifax have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.354 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.882 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.236 degrees. |
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