Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Flatwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flatwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Flatwood
- 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 Flatwood:
- 36.853179, -80.887300
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Flatwood
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Wythe County
- Since Flatwood is near Carroll County and also Pulaski County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Flatwood ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Flatwood.
Within Virginia, the name Flatwood is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Choctaw County
- This Flatwood is located in Choctaw County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Flatwood that is located in Wythe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Flatwood.
- Marengo County
- This Flatwood is located in Marengo County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km] to the southwest of the Flatwood that is located in Wythe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marengo County community of Flatwood.
- Montgomery County
- This Flatwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 430 miles [692 km] to the southwest of the Flatwood that is located in Wythe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Flatwood.
- Walker County
- This Flatwood is located in Walker County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km] to the west southwest of the Flatwood that is located in Wythe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Flatwood.
- Kentucky
- Adair County
- This Flatwood is located in Adair County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<1> to the west of the Flatwood that is located in Wythe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Flatwood.
- Garrard 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 Kentucky community of Flatwood [Garrard County].
- Mississippi
- Noxubee 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 Mississippi community of Flatwood [Noxubee County].
- Union County
- This Flatwood is located in Union County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Flatwood that is located in Wythe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Flatwood.
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Tipton County
- This Flatwood is located in Tipton County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<1> to the west of the Flatwood that is located in Wythe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tipton County community of Flatwood.
- Warren County
- This Flatwood is located in Warren County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km] to the west southwest of the Flatwood that is located in Wythe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Flatwood.
- Texas
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flatwood ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Buck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Fowler Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowler Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Ferry
- Fowler Ferry is located in Carroll County
- Galena
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Grahams Forge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grahams Forge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Forge
- Grahams Forge is located in Wythe County
- Ivanhoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Ivanhoe is located in Wythe County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ivanhoe <4>
- Lone Ash
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County
- Pierce Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierce Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
- Pierce Mill is located in Wythe County
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- Porters Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porters Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Crossroads
- Porters Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Rackettown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rackettown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rackettown
- Rackettown is located in Wythe County
- Raketown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Red Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Sheep Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sheep Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County
- Shorts Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shorts Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Porters Crossroads
How Far From Flatwood to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Flatwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Flatwood and extending to:
- Wytheville, which is the Seat of Wythe County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Flatwood to Wytheville, with an average speed<5> 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 195 miles [313.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 252 miles [405.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,149 miles [9,895.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,732 miles [7,615.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Flatwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Flatwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Flatwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8532, Longitude: -80.8873 In this case, the coordinates for Flatwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Flatwood 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Flatwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.238 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.81 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.025 degrees. |