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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 Favonia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Favonia 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 Favonia:
- 36.973452, -81.183984
- 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 Favonia
- 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 Favonia is near Bland County and also Smyth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Smyth 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 Favonia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Favonia ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Blacklick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blacklick is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick
- Blessing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blessing is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blessing
- Crockett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eagle Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eagle Oak is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Oak
- Grubb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grubb is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb
- Rural Retreat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stones Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stones Mill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Mill
- Stringtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stringtown is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
How Far From Favonia 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 Favonia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Favonia and extending to:
- Wytheville, which is the Seat of Wythe County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Favonia 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 262 miles [421.6 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 6,156 miles [9,907.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,864 miles [11,046.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,740 miles [7,628.3 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 from Point A (ie- Favonia) 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 Favonia 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 Favonia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9735, Longitude: -81.1840 In this case, the coordinates for Favonia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.413 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.027 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.11 degrees. |
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