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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 Farmers Store, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Farmers Store 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 Farmers Store:
- 36.929843, -80.940914
- 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 Farmers 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 Wythe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wythe County
- Since Farmers Store is near Carroll County and also Pulaski County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski 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 Farmers Store
Communities Also Named Farmers Store ...
We found one communities that are also named Farmers Store.
Within Virginia, the name Farmers Store is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Farmers Store in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Ashe 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 North Carolina community of Farmers Store [Ashe County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Farmers 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.
- Bethany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Flatwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flatwood is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
- Galena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Galena is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Grahams Forge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grahams Forge is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Forge
- Ivanhoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Locust Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Lone Ash
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lone Ash is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Ash
- Max Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pierce Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce Mill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
- Porters Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Porters Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Crossroads
- Red Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Red Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Stringtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stringtown is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
How Far From Farmers 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 Farmers Store to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Farmers Store and extending to:
- Wytheville, which is the Seat of Wythe County, lies just to the West.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 197 miles [317 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Farmers Store to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 252 miles [405.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,148 miles [9,894.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,731 miles [7,613.8 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Farmers 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Farmers Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Farmers 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 Farmers Store. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9298, Longitude: -80.9409 In this case, the coordinates for Farmers Store have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.269 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.856 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.023 degrees. |
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