Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Eagle Oak, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eagle Oak and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Eagle Oak

• 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 Eagle Oak:
  • 37.051507, -81.188151
  • 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 Eagle Oak

• 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 Bland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bland County
  • Since Eagle Oak is near Wythe County and also Tazewell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wythe County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tazewell 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 Eagle Oak

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eagle Oak ...

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.

• Beaver
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Beaver is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
• Blacklick
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Blacklick is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick
• Bland
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bland is located in Bland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <1>
• Blessing
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Blessing is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blessing
• Cove Creek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cove Creek is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
• Grapefield
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Grapefield is located in Bland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapefield
• Grubb
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Grubb is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb
• Hicksville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Hicksville is located in Bland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
• Little Town
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Little Town is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
• Point Pleasant
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Point Pleasant is located in Bland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
• Stones Mill
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Stones Mill is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Mill
• Stringtown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Stringtown is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
• Suiter
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Suiter is located in Bland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suiter

How Far From Eagle Oak 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 Eagle Oak to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Bland, which is the Seat of Bland County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Eagle Oak to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 259 miles [416.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,153 miles [9,902.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,861 miles [11,041.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,737 miles [7,623.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'