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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 Coonsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coonsville 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 Coonsville:
- 37.307084, -79.688090
- 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 Coonsville
- 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 Coonsville is near Botetourt County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Botetourt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Coonsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coonsville ...
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.
- Diamond Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Diamond Hill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hill
- Falling Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Falling Creek is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Creek
- Five Forks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Five Forks is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Flint Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Goodview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hardy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hardy Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hardy Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Ford
- Heatherstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Heatherstone is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherstone
- Joppa Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
- Lynchburg Mines ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lynchburg Mines is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg Mines
- Muse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Muse is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muse
- Peachtree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Peachtree is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rainbow Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rainbow Forest is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Forest
- Rocky Ford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Shady Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Spring Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Stepping Stone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stepping Stone is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stepping Stone
- Union
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Union is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Coonsville 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 Coonsville 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 Coonsville once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Coonsville and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Coonsville to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 181 miles [291.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,078 miles [9,781.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,783 miles [10,916.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,660 miles [7,499.5 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 Coonsville, 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 from Point A (ie- Coonsville) 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 Coonsville 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 Coonsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3071, Longitude: -79.6881 In this case, the coordinates for Coonsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.522 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.058 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.386 degrees. |
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