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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 Koger, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Koger 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 Koger:
- 36.632637, -80.098380
- 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 Koger
- 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 Patrick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Patrick County
- Since Koger is near Henry County and also Stokes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stokes 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 Koger
Curious and Interesting Names Near Koger ...
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.
- Blackberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blackberry is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry
- Buffalo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Buffalo is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Craig
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Craig is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Gilbert Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gilbert Mill is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Mill
- Grassy Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grassy Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Horse Pasture
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Nettleridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Patrick Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Rock Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Run is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Sandy Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stones Store
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stones Store is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Store
How Far From Koger to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Koger 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<2> community of Koger once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Koger and extending to:
- Stuart, which is the Seat of Patrick County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Koger to Stuart, with an average speed<4> 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 159 miles [255.9 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 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 228 miles [366.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,126 miles [9,858.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,829 miles [10,990.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,706 miles [7,573.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Koger, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Koger) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Koger 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 Koger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6326, Longitude: -80.0984 In this case, the coordinates for Koger have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.778 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.25 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.774 degrees. |
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