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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 Old Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Manor 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 Old Manor:
- 37.332913, -79.936706
- 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 Old Manor
- 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 Roanoke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke County
- Since Old Manor is near Roanoke City and also Botetourt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke City
- 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 Old Manor
Communities Also Named Old Manor ...
We found one communities that are also named Old Manor.
Within Virginia, the name Old Manor is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Old Manor in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Jersey
- Monmouth 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 Jersey community of Old Manor [Monmouth County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Manor ...
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.
- Bluestone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bluestone is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestone
- Bowling Green
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Captains Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Captains Grove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Grove
- Cloverdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eden Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Eden Park is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Park
- Greenfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Greenfield is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Hedgelawn Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hedgelawn Gardens is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgelawn Gardens
- Liberty Land
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Liberty Land is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Land
- Meadowland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Meadowland is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowland
- Meadowview
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Meadowview is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Mountain View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mountain View is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Rockydale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rockydale is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockydale
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Round Hill Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Round Hill Park is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill Park
- Runaway Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Runaway Village is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runaway Village
- Sherry Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sherry Court is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry Court
- Sleepy Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Sun Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sun Valley is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Sunnybrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sunnybrook is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Sunrise Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sunrise Heights is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Heights
- Tinker Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tinker Knoll is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinker Knoll
- Vista Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Vista Heights is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Heights
- Waterfall Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Waterfall Lake is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall Lake
How Far From Old Manor 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 Old Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Old Manor and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Old Manor to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 191 miles [307.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,088 miles [9,797.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,793 miles [10,932.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,670 miles [7,515.6 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 Old Manor 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Old Manor) 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 Old Manor 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 Old Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3329, Longitude: -79.9367 In this case, the coordinates for Old Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.668 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.228 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.48 degrees. |
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