Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Clay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clay and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Clay
- 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 Clay:
- 37.383476, -79.245859
- 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 Clay
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Since Clay is near Lynchburg City and also Campbell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lynchburg City
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Clay ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Clay.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Clay.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Eaton 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 Michigan community of Clay [Eaton County].
- Lenawee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Clay [Lenawee County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Adair County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Clay [Adair County].
- Clay 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 Missouri community of Clay [Clay County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clay ...
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.
- Brush Tavern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brush Tavern have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Tavern
- Brush Tavern is located in Campbell County
- College Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- College Park is located in Lynchburg City
- Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Forest is located in Bedford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest <5>
- Forest Dale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale
- Forest Dale is located in Lynchburg City
- Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forest Park is located in Bedford County
- Heritage Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Heritage Hills is located in Lynchburg City
- Keystone Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Forest
- Keystone Forest is located in Lynchburg City
- Long Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadows
- Long Meadows is located in Lynchburg City
- Maple Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Maple Hill is located in Lynchburg City
- Meadow Wood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
- Meadow Wood is located in Bedford County
- Panorama Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panorama Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Hills
- Panorama Hills is located in Lynchburg City
- Poplar Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Forest
- Poplar Forest is located in Bedford County
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- Rainbow Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Forest
- Rainbow Forest is located in Campbell County
- Sleepy Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sleepy Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Campbell County
- Sunny Banks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Banks
- Sunny Banks is located in Campbell County
- Three Fountains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Fountains have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Fountains
- Three Fountains is located in Lynchburg City
- Woodlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rainbow Forest
How Far From Clay 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 Clay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clay and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Clay to Richmond, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 159 miles [255.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,056 miles [9,746.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,760 miles [10,879.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,638 miles [7,464.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Clay. 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 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 Clay 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clay) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3835, Longitude: -79.2459 In this case, the coordinates for Clay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Clay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Clay to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.26 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.77 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.179 degrees. |