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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 Green Cove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Green Cove 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 Green Cove:
- 36.619065, -81.643363
- 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 Green Cove
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Green Cove is near Grayson County and also Smyth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Smyth 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 Green Cove
Communities Also Named Green Cove ...
We found six communities that are also named Green Cove.
Within Virginia, the name Green Cove is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, three are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Green Cove lies 2,318 miles [3,730.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Green Cove that is located in Washington County.
- Kansas
- Cloud 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 Kansas community of Green Cove [Cloud County].
- Maryland
- Dorchester County
- This Green Cove is located in Dorchester County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Green Cove that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Green Cove.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Green Cove lies 1,619 miles [2,605.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Green Cove that is located in Washington County.
- Nova Scotia
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Green Cove.
- Tennessee
- Hamilton County
- This Green Cove is located in Hamilton County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Green Cove that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Green Cove.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Green Cove ...
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.
- Apple Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Big Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Big Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hill
- Creek Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Creek Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Junction
- Damascus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dry Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dry Fork is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Fork
- Eureka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Flatwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Flatwood is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
- Laurel Bloomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Listening Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Listening Rock is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listening Rock
- Masada
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Masada is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masada
- Sugar Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sugar Creek is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Tuckerdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tuckerdale is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckerdale
How Far From Green Cove to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Green Cove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Green Cove and extending to:
- Abingdon, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Green Cove to Abingdon, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 240 miles [386.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 296 miles [476.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,192 miles [9,965.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,899 miles [11,102.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,775 miles [7,684.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Green Cove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Green Cove 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 Green Cove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Green Cove 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 Green Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6191, Longitude: -81.6434 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.688 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.29 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.408 degrees. |
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