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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 Goldbond, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Goldbond 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 Goldbond:
- 37.380123, -80.666458
- 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 Goldbond
- 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 Giles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Giles County
- Since Goldbond is near Monroe County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan 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 Goldbond
Curious and Interesting Names Near Goldbond ...
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.
- Assurance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Assurance is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance
- Bluff City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Gray Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maybrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maybrook is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybrook
- Mountain Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mountain Lake is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
- Mountain View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mountain View is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Narrows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Peterstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rich Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ripplemead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ripplemead is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripplemead
- Rock Camp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rock Camp is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Camp
- Staytide ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Staytide is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staytide
How Far From Goldbond 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 Goldbond to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Goldbond and extending to:
- Pearisburg, which is the Seat of Giles County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Goldbond 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 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 223 miles [358.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,117 miles [9,844.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,824 miles [10,982.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,701 miles [7,565.5 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 '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- Goldbond) 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 Goldbond 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 Goldbond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3801, Longitude: -80.6665 In this case, the coordinates for Goldbond have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.099 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.728 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.766 degrees. |
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