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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 East Stone Gap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Stone Gap 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 East Stone Gap:
- 36.867395, -82.743703
- 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 East Stone Gap
- 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 East Stone Gap is near Scott County and also Lee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee 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 East Stone Gap
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Stone Gap ...
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 Stone Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Canepatch ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Canepatch is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canepatch
- Cracker Neck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cracker Neck is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cracker Neck
- Derby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Derby is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Harper
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Harper is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Harvey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harvey is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Irondale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Irondale is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Josephine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Josephine is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Kent Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Roaring Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Roaring Fork is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Fork
- Roundstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roundstone is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundstone
- Seminary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seminary is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminary
- Stanleytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stanleytown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleytown
- Three Forks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Three Forks is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
How Far From East Stone Gap 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 East Stone Gap to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Stone Gap and extending to:
- Wise, which is the Seat of Wise County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Stone Gap to Wise, 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 295 miles [474.8 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 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 341 miles [548.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,226 miles [10,019.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,937 miles [11,164 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,813 miles [7,745.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Stone Gap) 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 East Stone Gap 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 East Stone Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8674, Longitude: -82.7437 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.346 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.079 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.79 degrees. |
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