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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 Higgins Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Higgins Crossroads 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 Higgins Crossroads:
- 36.651240, -80.814518
- 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 Higgins Crossroads
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Higgins Crossroads is near Grayson County and also Galax City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Galax 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Higgins Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Higgins Crossroads ...
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.
- Browns Store
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Browns Store is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Store
- Cliffview
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cliffview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffview
- Crooked Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Crooked Oak is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Oak
- Fancy Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Five Forks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Five Forks is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hickory Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Flat is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Hillsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lambsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Low Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Pipers Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Sunnyside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Wolf Glade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Glade is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Glade
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Higgins Crossroads 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 Higgins Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Higgins Crossroads and extending to:
- Hillsville, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Higgins Crossroads 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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 257 miles [413.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,155 miles [9,905.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,860 miles [11,040.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,737 miles [7,623.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Higgins Crossroads) 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 Higgins Crossroads 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 Higgins Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6512, Longitude: -80.8145 In this case, the coordinates for Higgins Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.198 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.734 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.059 degrees. |
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