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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 Lanes Well Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lanes Well Fork 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 Lanes Well Fork:
- 37.301255, -79.161967
- 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 Lanes Well Fork
- 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 Campbell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- Since Lanes Well Fork is near Lynchburg City and also Bedford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lynchburg City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford 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 Lanes Well Fork
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lanes Well Fork ...
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.
- City Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- City Farm is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Farm
- College Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- College Park is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- Deer Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Deer Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Green Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Meadows is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Happy Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Happy Valley is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Lawyers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Rustburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whetstone Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Whetstone Hills is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone Hills
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Yellow Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
How Far From Lanes Well Fork 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 Lanes Well Fork to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lanes Well Fork and extending to:
- Rustburg, which is the Seat of Campbell County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lanes Well Fork to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 159 miles [255.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,056 miles [9,746.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,760 miles [10,879.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,637 miles [7,462.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lanes Well Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lanes Well Fork 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 Lanes Well Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3013, Longitude: -79.1620 In this case, the coordinates for Lanes Well Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.213 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.704 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.173 degrees. |
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