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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 Gladewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gladewood 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 Gladewood:
- 37.233462, -80.445607
- 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 Gladewood
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Gladewood is near Giles County and also Pulaski County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Giles 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 Gladewood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gladewood ...
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.
- Airport Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Airport Acres is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Acres
- Cedar Orchard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cedar Orchard is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Orchard
- Clover Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Valley
- Evergreen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Hunters Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hunters Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
- Knob Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Knob Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
- Meadow Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Brook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Mission Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mission Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Mountain View
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mountain View is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Murphy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Murphy is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Orchard View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Orchard View is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
- Patrick Henry Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Patrick Henry Place is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Henry Place
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Pheasant Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pheasant Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
- Pilgrims Pointe
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pilgrims Pointe is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Pointe
- Prices Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork
- Silver Leaf
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Silver Leaf is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Leaf
- Stonegate
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stonegate is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Sundance Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sundance Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Ridge
- Sundance Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sundance Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Village
- University Place
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- University Place is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
- University Terrace
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- University Terrace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Terrace
How Far From Gladewood 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 Gladewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Gladewood and extending to:
- Christiansburg, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Gladewood to Richmond, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 218 miles [350.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,114 miles [9,839.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,820 miles [10,975.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,697 miles [7,559.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Gladewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Gladewood 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 Gladewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2335, Longitude: -80.4456 In this case, the coordinates for Gladewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.971 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.56 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.722 degrees. |
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