Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hemlock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hemlock and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hemlock
- 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 Hemlock:
- 37.069300, -80.215598
- 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 Hemlock
- 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 Floyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Since Hemlock is near Montgomery County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- eBird sighting report for Franklin 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hemlock ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Hemlock.
Within Virginia, the name Hemlock is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Iosco County
- This Hemlock is located in Iosco County and lies 530 miles [853 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hemlock that is located in Floyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iosco County community of Hemlock.
- Iron 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 Michigan community of Hemlock [Iron County].
- Montmorency County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Hemlock [Montmorency County].
- Saginaw County
- This Hemlock is located in Saginaw County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km] to the north northwest of the Hemlock that is located in Floyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saginaw County community of Hemlock.
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ashe 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 North Carolina community of Hemlock [Ashe County].
- Transylvania County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hemlock [Transylvania County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Hemlock lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the north of the Hemlock that is located in Floyd County.
- Oregon
- Lane County
- This Hemlock is located in Lane County and lies 2,245 miles [3,613 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hemlock that is located in Floyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Hemlock.
- Multnomah County
- This Hemlock is located in Multnomah County and lies 2,241 miles [3,606.5 km] to the west northwest of the Hemlock that is located in Floyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Multnomah County community of Hemlock.
- Tillamook County
- This Hemlock is located in Tillamook County and lies 2,306 miles [3,711.1 km] to the west northwest of the Hemlock that is located in Floyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tillamook County community of Hemlock.
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- This Hemlock is located in Fayette County and lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hemlock that is located in Floyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Hemlock.
- Jackson County
- This Hemlock is located in Jackson County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the north northwest of the Hemlock that is located in Floyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Hemlock.
- Upshur County
- This Hemlock is located in Upshur County and lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the north of the Hemlock that is located in Floyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Hemlock.
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hemlock ...
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.
- Airpoint
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Arsenic Mine ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arsenic Mine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arsenic Mine
- Arsenic Mine is located in Floyd County
- Basham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Copper Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
- Copper Hill is located in Floyd County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Copper Hill <4>
- Crockett Spring ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crockett Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Spring
- Crockett Spring is located in Montgomery County
- Falling Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falling Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Branch
- Falling Branch is located in Montgomery County
- Huffville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Pilot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot
- Pilot is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pilot <4>
- Rogers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Sugar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Sugar Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Terrys Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Fork
- Terrys Fork is located in Floyd County
How Far From Hemlock 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 Hemlock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hemlock and extending to:
- Floyd, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hemlock to Floyd, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 156 miles [251.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 214 miles [344.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,111 miles [9,834.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,816 miles [10,969.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,694 miles [7,554.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hemlock. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Floyd County: www.fin.org/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hemlock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hemlock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0693, Longitude: -80.2156 In this case, the coordinates for Hemlock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Hemlock 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> | 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 Hemlock 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 309.838 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.384 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.681 degrees. |