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 Kingtown:
36.602329, -82.167355
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.
We found six communities that share the name Kingtown.
Within Virginia, the name Kingtown is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Lauderdale County
This Kingtown is located in Lauderdale County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Kingtown.
Arkansas
Phillips County
This Kingtown is located in Phillips County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Kingtown.
Georgia
Fannin County
This Kingtown is located in Fannin County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Kingtown.
New Jersey
Hunterdon County
This Kingtown is located in Hunterdon County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Kingtown.
Pennsylvania
Cumberland County
This Kingtown is located in Cumberland County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Kingtown.
Texas
Nacogdoches County
Although located in Nacogdoches County, we don't know the location within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nacogdoches County community of Kingtown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingtown ...
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.
Cedar Valley (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Kingtown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kingtown and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Kingtown to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 321 miles [516.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,214 miles [10,000.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,923 miles [11,141.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,799 miles [7,723.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kingtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kingtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6023, Longitude: -82.1674 In this case, the coordinates for Kingtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<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 Kingtown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.00 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.645 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.629 degrees.