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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 Huckleberry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Huckleberry 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 Huckleberry:
    • 37.208997, -82.440429
    • 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 Huckleberry
  • 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 Dickenson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dickenson County
    • Since Huckleberry is near Pike County and also Letcher County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Letcher 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 Huckleberry

Communities Also Named Huckleberry ...

We found four communities that are also named Huckleberry.

Within Virginia, the name Huckleberry is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Orange County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Huckleberry [Orange County].
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This Huckleberry is located in Charles County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Huckleberry that is located in Dickenson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Huckleberry.
    • Ohio
      • Trumbull County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Huckleberry [Trumbull County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Huckleberry is located in Hamilton County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Huckleberry that is located in Dickenson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Huckleberry.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Huckleberry ...

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.

  • Beaver Bottom
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Beaver Bottom is located in Pike County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Bottom
  • Cedarville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedarville is located in Pike County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • Clintwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Darwin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Darwin is located in Dickenson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
  • Dry Fork
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Dry Fork is located in Pike County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Fork
  • Edgewater
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Edgewater is located in Pike County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
  • Elkhorn City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Federal
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Federal is located in Pike County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal
  • Georges Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Georges Fork is located in Dickenson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Fork
  • Henry Clay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Henry Clay is located in Pike County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Clay
  • Kettlecamp
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kettlecamp is located in Pike County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettlecamp
  • Longfork
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Longfork is located in Dickenson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfork
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Lookout
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Lookout is located in Pike County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
    • Mart
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Mart is located in Dickenson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mart
    • Rockhouse
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Rockhouse is located in Pike County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
    • Tarpon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Tarpon is located in Dickenson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon

How Far From Huckleberry to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Huckleberry to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Huckleberry once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Huckleberry and extending to:

  • Clintwood, which is the Seat of Dickenson County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Huckleberry to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 316 miles [508.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,910 miles [11,120.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,785 miles [7,700.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Huckleberry 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Huckleberry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Huckleberry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Huckleberry 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 Huckleberry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2090, Longitude: -82.4404       In this case, the coordinates for Huckleberry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.163 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.919 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.562 degrees.