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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 Mount Elliott Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Elliott Springs 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 Mount Elliott Springs:
- 38.126796, -79.283369
- 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 Mount Elliott Springs
- 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 Augusta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Augusta County
- Since Mount Elliott Springs is near Staunton City and also Rockbridge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Staunton City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockbridge 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 Mount Elliott Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Elliott Springs ...
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 Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Gap is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
- Christian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Christian is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian
- Craigsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fordwick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fordwick is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordwick
- Hebron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hebron is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Little Baltimore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Baltimore is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Baltimore
- Marble Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marble Valley is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Valley
- Pond Gap ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pond Gap is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Gap
- Trimbles Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Trimbles Mill is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbles Mill
How Far From Mount Elliott Springs 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 Mount Elliott Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mount Elliott Springs and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Mount Elliott Springs to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 132 miles [212.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,025 miles [9,696.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,733 miles [10,835.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,609 miles [7,417.5 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 '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- Mount Elliott Springs) 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 Mount Elliott Springs 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 Mount Elliott Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1268, Longitude: -79.2834 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Elliott Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.257 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.878 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.939 degrees. |
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