Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Flatwoods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flatwoods and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Flatwoods
- 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 Flatwoods:
- 36.890658, -82.428760
- 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 Flatwoods
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Wise County
- Since Flatwoods is near Scott County and also Russell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Scott County
- eBird sighting report for Russell 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 Flatwoods ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Flatwoods.
There are three communities within Virginia that are also named Flatwoods.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Botetourt County
- Russell County
- Scott County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colbert County
- This Flatwoods is located in Colbert County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Flatwoods that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Flatwoods.
- Lowndes County
- This Flatwoods is located in Lowndes County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km] to the southwest of the Flatwoods that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Flatwoods.
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Flatwoods is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km] to the southwest of the Flatwoods that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Flatwoods.
- Arkansas
- California
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Clay County
- This Flatwoods is located in Clay County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Flatwoods that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Flatwoods.
- Greenup County
- This Flatwoods is located in Greenup County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the north of the Flatwoods that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenup County community of Flatwoods.
- Louisiana
- Missouri
- Ohio
- Logan County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Logan County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Flatwoods.
- Meigs County
- This Flatwoods is located in Meigs County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the north of the Flatwoods that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Flatwoods.
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Lawrence County
- This Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Flatwoods that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Flatwoods.
- Perry County
- This Flatwoods is located in Perry County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km] to the west southwest of the Flatwoods that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Flatwoods.
- Wayne 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 Flatwoods [Wayne County].
- Texas
- Eastland County
- Although located in Eastland County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eastland County community of Flatwoods.
- West Virginia
- Braxton County
- This Flatwoods is located in Braxton County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Flatwoods that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Braxton County community of Flatwoods.
- Jackson County
- This Flatwoods is located in Jackson County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the north northeast of the Flatwoods that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Flatwoods.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flatwoods ...
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.
- Bondtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Carfax
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Crab Orchard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crab Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Orchard
- Crab Orchard is located in Wise County
- Dry Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Lonesome ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Maytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Mew
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Rural
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Stony
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Sunny Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Sunny Point is located in Russell County
- Toms Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toms Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Creek
- Toms Creek is located in Wise County
- Virginia City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Virginia City is located in Wise County
How Far From Flatwoods 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 Flatwoods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Flatwoods and extending to:
- Wise, which is the Seat of Wise County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Flatwoods to Wise, with an average speed<5> 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 278 miles [447.4 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 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 324 miles [521.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,212 miles [9,997.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,922 miles [11,139.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,798 miles [7,721.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Flatwoods. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Wise County: www.wisecounty.org/
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 from Point A (ie- Flatwoods) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Flatwoods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8907, Longitude: -82.4288 In this case, the coordinates for Flatwoods 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Flatwoods 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Flatwoods, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Flatwoods 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 311.156 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.866 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.652 degrees. |