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we pass this GPS location for Monte Vista:
37.300969, -80.012262
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We found eight communities that are also named Monte Vista.
Within Virginia, the name Monte Vista is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Etowah County
This Monte Vista is located in Etowah County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Monte Vista.
Tuscaloosa County
This Monte Vista is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Monte Vista.
California
Placer County
This Monte Vista is located in Placer County and lies 2,198 miles [3,537.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Monte Vista.
Santa Clara County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Monte Vista [Santa Clara County].
Colorado
Rio Grande County
This Monte Vista is located in Rio Grande County and lies 1,428 miles [2,298.1 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rio Grande County community of Monte Vista.
Florida
Lake County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Monte Vista [Lake County].
South Carolina
Pickens County
This Monte Vista is located in Pickens County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Monte Vista.
Utah
Weber County
This Monte Vista is located in Weber County and lies 1,719 miles [2,766.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Monte Vista.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Monte Vista ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Monte Vista to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Monte Vista and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Monte Vista to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,092 miles [9,804.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,798 miles [10,940.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Monte Vista) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Monte Vista could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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 Monte Vista 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 Monte Vista. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3010, Longitude: -80.0123 In this case, the coordinates for Monte Vista have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.713 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.276 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.521 degrees.