Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Goode, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Goode and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Goode
- 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 Goode:
- 37.358327, -79.393080
- 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 Goode
- 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 Bedford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Since Goode is near Campbell County and also Bedford City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- eBird sighting report for Bedford City
- 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 Goode ...
We found two communities that share the name Goode.
Within Virginia, the name Goode is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Mississippi
Curious and Interesting Names Near Goode ...
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.
- Big Otter Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Otter Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Otter Mill
- Big Otter Mill is located in Bedford County
- Brush Tavern
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brush Tavern have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Tavern
- Brush Tavern is located in Campbell County
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Bedford County
- Clay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Coffee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Five Forks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Five Forks is located in Bedford County
- Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Forest is located in Bedford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest <4>
- Forest Dale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale
- Forest Dale is located in Lynchburg City
- Forest Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forest Park is located in Bedford County
- Heritage Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Heritage Hills is located in Lynchburg City
- Landmark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Meadow Wood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
- Meadow Wood is located in Bedford County
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- Otter Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Hill
- Otter Hill is located in Bedford County
- Otterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otterville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Otterville is located in Bedford County
- Poplar Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Forest
- Poplar Forest is located in Bedford County
- Rainbow Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Forest
- Rainbow Forest is located in Campbell County
- Sleepy Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sleepy Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Campbell County
- Sunny Banks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Banks
- Sunny Banks is located in Campbell County
- Tanglewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Tanglewood is located in Campbell County
- Timberlake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberlake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Whetstone Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whetstone Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone Hills
- Whetstone Hills is located in Campbell County
- Wildwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Woodlawn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Otter Hill
How Far From Goode 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 Goode to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Goode and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Goode to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 166 miles [267.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,064 miles [9,759.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,768 miles [10,892 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,645 miles [7,475.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Goode. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Goode 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Goode) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Goode. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3583, Longitude: -79.3931 |
| <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 Goode 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 309.347 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.866 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.248 degrees. |