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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 Lamberts Store, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lamberts Store 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 Lamberts Store:
    • 37.131225, -81.695668
    • 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 Lamberts Store
  • 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 Tazewell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tazewell County
    • Since Lamberts Store is near McDowell County and also Buchanan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McDowell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan 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 Lamberts Store

Communities Also Named Lamberts Store ...

We found one communities that are also named Lamberts Store.

Within Virginia, the name Lamberts Store is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Lamberts Store in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Lawrence County
      • This Lamberts Store is located in Lawrence County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lamberts Store that is located in Tazewell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Lamberts Store.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lamberts Store ...

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.

  • Busthead
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Busthead is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busthead
  • Cedar Bluff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Gap Store
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Gap Store is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Store
  • Indian
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian
  • Liberty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Maxwell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Maxwell is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
  • Pleasant Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Pounding Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Seaboard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Seaboard is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaboard
  • Sulphur Spring ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sulphur Spring is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Spring

How Far From Lamberts Store 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 Lamberts Store to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lamberts Store and extending to:

  • Tazewell, which is the Seat of Tazewell County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Lamberts Store to Tazewell, 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 235 miles [378.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 281 miles [452.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,171 miles [9,931.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,880 miles [11,072.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,756 miles [7,654 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lamberts Store) 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 Lamberts Store 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 Lamberts Store. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1312, Longitude: -81.6957       In this case, the coordinates for Lamberts Store have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.716 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.397 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.273 degrees.