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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 Nicelytown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nicelytown 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 Nicelytown:
- 37.841518, -79.748381
- 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 Nicelytown
- 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 Alleghany County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alleghany County
- Since Nicelytown is near Bath County and also Botetourt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bath County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Botetourt 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 Nicelytown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nicelytown ...
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.
- California
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- California is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Crane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crane is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
- Daggers Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Daggers Springs is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggers Springs
- Denmark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Denmark is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Gala
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gala is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gala
- Healing Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Healing Springs is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Hot Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Gate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Longdale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Longdale is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longdale
- Longdale Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Longdale Furnace is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longdale Furnace
- Maple Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Rich Patch Mines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Patch Mines is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Patch Mines
- Tinkertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tinkertown is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkertown
How Far From Nicelytown to ...
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 Nicelytown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nicelytown and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Nicelytown 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 163 miles [262.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,058 miles [9,749.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,765 miles [10,887.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,641 miles [7,469 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nicelytown) 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 Nicelytown 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 Nicelytown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8415, Longitude: -79.7484 In this case, the coordinates for Nicelytown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.543 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.161 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.231 degrees. |
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