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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 Osborne Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Osborne Ferry 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 Osborne Ferry:
- 36.599292, -81.227316
- 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 Osborne Ferry
- 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 Grayson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
- Since Osborne Ferry is near Alleghany County and also Ashe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alleghany County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashe 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 Osborne Ferry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Osborne Ferry ...
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.
- Chestnut Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Elk Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Flat Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Fox
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fox is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Grassy Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Independence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kings Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Creek is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Lower Elk Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Elk Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Elk Creek
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Peach Bottom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Peach Bottom is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Bottom
- Piney Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rose Ferry is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Ferry
- Twin Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Oaks is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Weavers Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
How Far From Osborne Ferry 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 Osborne Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Osborne Ferry and extending to:
- Independence, which is the Seat of Grayson County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Osborne Ferry to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 278 miles [447.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,175 miles [9,937.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,881 miles [11,073.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,758 miles [7,657.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Osborne Ferry) 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 Osborne Ferry 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 Osborne Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5993, Longitude: -81.2273 In this case, the coordinates for Osborne Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.442 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.005 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.243 degrees. |
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