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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 Healing Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Healing Springs and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Healing Springs:
    • 37.963344, -79.859893
    • 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 Healing Springs
  • 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 Bath County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bath County
    • Since Healing Springs is near Alleghany County and also Greenbrier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Alleghany County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier 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 Healing Springs

Communities Also Named Healing Springs ...

We found four communities that are also named Healing Springs.

Within Virginia, the name Healing Springs is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Washington County
      • This Healing Springs is located in Washington County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Healing Springs that is located in Bath County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Healing Springs.
    • Arkansas
      • Benton County
      • This Healing Springs is located in Benton County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<1> to the west of the Healing Springs that is located in Bath County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Healing Springs.
    • North Carolina
      • Davidson County
      • This Healing Springs is located in Davidson County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the south of the Healing Springs that is located in Bath County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Healing Springs.
    • South Carolina
      • Barnwell County
      • This Healing Springs is located in Barnwell County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Healing Springs that is located in Bath County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnwell County community of Healing Springs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Healing Springs ...

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.

How Far From Healing Springs 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 Healing Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Healing Springs and extending to:

  • Warm Springs, which is the Seat of Bath County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Healing Springs to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 165 miles [265.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,057 miles [9,747.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,765 miles [10,887.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,641 miles [7,469 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Healing Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Healing Springs 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 Healing Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9633, Longitude: -79.8599    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.605 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.251 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.237 degrees.