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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 Dixiana, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dixiana 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 Dixiana:
- 37.027322, -82.669602
- 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 Dixiana
- 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 Wise County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wise County
- Since Dixiana is near Letcher County and also Norton City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Letcher County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Norton 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 Dixiana
Communities Also Named Dixiana ...
We found two communities that are also named Dixiana.
Within Virginia, the name Dixiana is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson 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 Alabama community of Dixiana [Jefferson County].
- South Carolina
- Lexington County
- This Dixiana is located in Lexington County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Dixiana that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Dixiana.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dixiana ...
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 Laurel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Big Laurel is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Canepatch ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canepatch is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canepatch
- Clark ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clark is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Dewey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dewey is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Flat Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Gap is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Josephine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Josephine is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Lipps
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lipps is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipps
- Needmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Pardee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pardee is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
- Peaks Store
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peaks Store is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaks Store
- Roaring Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roaring Fork is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Fork
- Wise
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Dixiana 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 Dixiana to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dixiana and extending to:
- Wise, which is the Seat of Wise County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Dixiana to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 332 miles [534.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,927 miles [11,147.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,803 miles [7,729.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Dixiana 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dixiana) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Dixiana 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 Dixiana. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0273, Longitude: -82.6696 In this case, the coordinates for Dixiana have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.301 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.051 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.712 degrees. |
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