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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 Comptons Bridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Comptons Bridge 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 Comptons Bridge:
- 37.596799, -79.775876
- 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 Comptons Bridge
- 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 Comptons Bridge is near Rockbridge County and also Alleghany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockbridge County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alleghany 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 Comptons Bridge
Curious and Interesting Names Near Comptons Bridge ...
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.
- Daggers Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Daggers Springs is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggers Springs
- Eagle Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flatwoods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flatwoods is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Gala
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gala is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gala
- Greyledge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greyledge is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyledge
- Kyles Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kyles Mills is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Mills
- Salisbury
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Salt Petre Cave
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Petre Cave is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Petre Cave
- Salt Petre Cave has also been known as:
- Salt Peter Cave
- Saltpetre
- Springwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Springwood is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
How Far From Comptons Bridge 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 Comptons Bridge 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 Comptons Bridge once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Comptons Bridge and extending to:
- Fincastle, which is the Seat of Botetourt County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 128 miles [206 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Comptons Bridge to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 173 miles [278.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,069 miles [9,767.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,776 miles [10,904.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,653 miles [7,488.3 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 Comptons Bridge, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Comptons Bridge) 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 Comptons Bridge 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 Comptons Bridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5968, Longitude: -79.7759 In this case, the coordinates for Comptons Bridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.566 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.151 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.325 degrees. |
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