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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 Dwina, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dwina 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 Dwina:
- 36.908091, -82.367133
- 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 Dwina
- 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 Dwina is near Russell County and also Dickenson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Russell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickenson 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 Dwina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dwina ...
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.
- Boody
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boody is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boody
- Carfax
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Carfax is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carfax
- Crab Orchard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crab Orchard is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Orchard
- Dry Fork
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dry Fork is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Fork
- Flatwoods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Flatwoods is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Lonesome ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lonesome is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonesome
- Mew
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mew is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mew
- Rural
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rural is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Virginia City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Virginia City is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
How Far From Dwina 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 Dwina to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dwina and extending to:
- Wise, which is the Seat of Wise County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dwina to Wise, with an average speed<2> 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 274 miles [441 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 321 miles [516.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,919 miles [11,135.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,795 miles [7,716.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Dwina) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Dwina 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 Dwina. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9081, Longitude: -82.3671 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.119 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.826 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.621 degrees. |
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