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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 Flat Gap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flat 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 Flat Gap:
- 37.074267, -82.702936
- 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 Flat 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 Flat Gap is near Letcher County and also Dickenson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Letcher 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 Flat Gap
Communities Also Named Flat Gap ...
We found three communities that are also named Flat Gap.
Within Virginia, the name Flat Gap is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Burke County
- This Flat Gap is located in Burke County and lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Flat Gap that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Flat Gap.
- Tennessee
- Hancock County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Flat Gap [Hancock County].
- Jefferson County
- This Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County and lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Flat Gap that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Flat Gap.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flat 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.
- Bellcraft
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bellcraft is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellcraft
- Big Laurel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Laurel is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Bottom Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bottom Fork is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bottom Fork
- Clark ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clark is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Craftsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Craftsville is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsville
- Day
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Day is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Dewey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dewey is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Haymond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Haymond is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymond
- Jenkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lipps
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lipps is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipps
- Millstone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millstone is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Neon Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Neon Junction is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neon Junction
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Oven Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oven Fork is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork
- Pardee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pardee is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
- Peaks Store
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Peaks Store is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaks Store
- Potters Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Potters Fork is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Fork
- Pound
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roaring Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Roaring Fork is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Fork
- Short ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Short is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
How Far From Flat 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 Flat Gap to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Flat Gap and extending to:
- Wise, which is the Seat of Wise County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Flat Gap to Wise, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 291 miles [468.3 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 333 miles [535.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,215 miles [10,002.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,927 miles [11,147.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,803 miles [7,729.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Flat Gap) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Flat Gap 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Flat 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 Flat Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0743, Longitude: -82.7029 In this case, the coordinates for Flat Gap have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.321 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.081 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.713 degrees. |
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