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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 Davis Store, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Davis Store and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Davis Store:
    • 36.695693, -79.708089
    • 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 Davis Store
  • 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 Henry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
    • Since Davis Store is near Pittsylvania County and also Martinsville City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pittsylvania County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Martinsville City
  • 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 Davis Store

Communities Also Named Davis Store ...

We found one communities that are also named Davis Store.

Within Virginia, the name Davis Store is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Davis Store in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Butler 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 Davis Store [Butler County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Davis Store ...

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.

  • Boxwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Boxwood is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxwood
  • Grady
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Grady is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
  • Hill Top
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hill Top is located in Martinsville City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
  • Hollys Mill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hollys Mill is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollys Mill
  • Irisburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Irisburg is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
  • Laurel Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Laurel Park is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
  • Old Liberty
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Old Liberty is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Liberty
  • Sandy Level
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Level is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Level
  • Sandy River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandy River is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy River
  • Soapstone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Soapstone is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstone

How Far From Davis Store to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Davis Store to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Davis Store and extending to:

  • Collinsville, which is the Seat of Henry County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Davis Store to Collinsville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 210 miles [338 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,106 miles [9,826.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,686 miles [7,541.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Davis Store 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- Davis Store) 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 Davis Store 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 Davis Store. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6957, Longitude: -79.7081       In this case, the coordinates for Davis Store have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.548 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.997 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.596 degrees.