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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 Pardee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pardee 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 Pardee:
    • 37.006764, -82.751549
    • 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 Pardee
  • 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 Wise County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wise County
    • Since Pardee is near Letcher County and also Norton City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Letcher County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Norton City
  • 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 Pardee

Communities Also Named Pardee ...

We found nine communities that are also named Pardee.

Within Virginia, the name Pardee is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Pardee is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,002 miles [3,221.9 km]<1> to the west of the Pardee that is located in Wise County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Pardee.
    • Idaho
      • Idaho County
      • This Pardee is located in Idaho County and lies 1,821 miles [2,930.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pardee that is located in Wise County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Idaho County community of Pardee.
    • Kansas
      • Atchison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Pardee [Atchison County].
    • Montana
      • Mineral County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Mineral County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Pardee.
    • Ohio
      • Cuyahoga County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Cuyahoga County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Pardee.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Pardee.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clearfield County
      • This Pardee is located in Clearfield County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pardee that is located in Wise County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Pardee.
      • Union County
      • This Pardee is located in Union County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km] to the northeast of the Pardee that is located in Wise County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Pardee.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Pardee is located in Logan County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pardee that is located in Wise County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Pardee.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pardee ...

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.

  • Big Laurel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Big Laurel is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
  • Canepatch ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Canepatch is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canepatch
  • Clark ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Clark is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Day
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Day is located in Letcher County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
  • Derby
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Derby is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
  • Dewey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Dewey is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
  • Flat Gap
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Flat Gap is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
  • Josephine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Josephine is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
  • Kent Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Kent Junction is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
  • Lipps
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Lipps is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipps
  • Needmore
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Needmore is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Oven Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Oven Fork is located in Letcher County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork
  • Roaring Fork
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Roaring Fork is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Fork

How Far From Pardee 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 Pardee to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pardee and extending to:

  • Wise, which is the Seat of Wise County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pardee to Wise, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 294 miles [473.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 337 miles [542.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,220 miles [10,010.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,932 miles [11,156 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,807 miles [7,736.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Pardee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Pardee 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pardee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Pardee 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 Pardee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0068, Longitude: -82.7515       In this case, the coordinates for Pardee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.351 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.105 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.753 degrees.