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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 Natural Bridge Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Natural Bridge Station 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 Natural Bridge Station:
- 37.620968, -79.505871
- 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 Natural Bridge Station
- 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 Rockbridge County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockbridge County
- Since Natural Bridge Station is near Botetourt County and also Amherst County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Botetourt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amherst 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 Natural Bridge Station
Communities Also Named Natural Bridge Station ...
We found one communities that are also named Natural Bridge Station.
Within Virginia, the name Natural Bridge Station is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Natural Bridge Station in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Lewis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Natural Bridge Station [Lewis County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Natural Bridge Station ...
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.
- Alpine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alpine is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Balcony Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Balcony Falls is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balcony Falls
- Buffalo Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Bend is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bend
- Buffalo Forge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Fancy Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Glasgow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Harvey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Harvey is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Longwood ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Longwood is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Natural Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Red Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Mills is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Rocky Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Point is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Solitude
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Solitude is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
How Far From Natural Bridge Station 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 Natural Bridge Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Natural Bridge Station and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Natural Bridge Station to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 160 miles [257.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,057 miles [9,747.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,763 miles [10,884 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,640 miles [7,467.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Natural Bridge Station 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 county. 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Natural Bridge Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Natural Bridge Station 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 Natural Bridge Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6210, Longitude: -79.5059 In this case, the coordinates for Natural Bridge Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.406 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.972 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.205 degrees. |
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