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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 Mabry Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mabry Mill 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 Mabry Mill:
- 36.750136, -80.404785
- 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 Mabry Mill
- 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 Floyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Since Mabry Mill is near Patrick County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Patrick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Mabry Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mabry Mill ...
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.
- Buffalo Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Ridge is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Ridge
- Charity
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charity is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Crooked Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Crooked Oak is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Oak
- Dry Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dry Pond is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Dugspur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Elamsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Floyd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Haycock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Haycock is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
- Meadowfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Meadowfield is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowfield
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Meadows of Dan
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Nester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nester is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Peters Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Pike City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pike City is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Woolwine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Mabry Mill 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 Mabry Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mabry Mill and extending to:
- Floyd, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mabry Mill to Floyd, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 236 miles [379.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,133 miles [9,870.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,838 miles [11,004.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,715 miles [7,588.1 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' (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- Mabry Mill) 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 Mabry Mill 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 Mabry Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7501, Longitude: -80.4048 In this case, the coordinates for Mabry Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.955 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.471 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.861 degrees. |
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