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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 Kent Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kent Junction 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 Kent Junction:
- 36.921751, -82.728194
- 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 Kent Junction
- 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 Wise County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wise County
- Since Kent Junction is near Norton City and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Norton City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Kent Junction
Communities Also Named Kent Junction ...
We found one communities that are also named Kent Junction.
Within Virginia, the name Kent Junction is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Kent Junction in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Brunswick
- This Kent Junction lies 1,112 miles [1,789.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Kent Junction that is located in Wise County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kent Junction ...
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.
- Big Stone Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Canepatch ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Canepatch is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canepatch
- Clark ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clark is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Cracker Neck
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cracker Neck is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cracker Neck
- Derby
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Derby is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- East Stone Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harper is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Irondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Irondale is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Josephine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Josephine is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Needmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Pardee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pardee is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
- Roaring Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Roaring Fork is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Fork
- Roundstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Roundstone is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundstone
How Far From Kent Junction 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 Kent Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kent Junction and extending to:
- Wise, which is the Seat of Wise County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kent Junction to Wise, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 294 miles [473.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 338 miles [544 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,223 miles [10,014.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,934 miles [11,159.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,810 miles [7,740.9 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- Kent Junction) 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 Kent Junction 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 Kent Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9218, Longitude: -82.7282 In this case, the coordinates for Kent Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.336 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.076 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.768 degrees. |
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