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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 Parkway Meadows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parkway Meadows 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 Parkway Meadows:
- 37.227361, -79.903370
- 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 Parkway Meadows
- 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 Parkway Meadows is near Roanoke City and also Franklin 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 Franklin 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 Parkway Meadows
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkway Meadows ...
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.
- Cedar Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Chestnut Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Hills is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
- Clearbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clearbrook is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook
- Crystal Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Spring is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Dundee
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dundee is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Foxfire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Foxfire is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
- Garden City
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Garden City is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Homeland Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Homeland Hills is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Hills
- Hunting Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hunting Hills is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
- Jamestown Place
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jamestown Place is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Place
- Janette Land
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Janette Land is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janette Land
- Leslie
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Leslie is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Lilly View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lilly View is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly View
- Lynn Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lynn Haven is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Haven
- Mayflower Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mayflower Hills is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Hills
- Mount Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Narrows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Narrows is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Peakwood Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Peakwood Hills is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakwood Hills
- River Edge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- River Edge is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Edge
- Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wildwood is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Yellowstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Yellowstone is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone
How Far From Parkway Meadows 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 Parkway Meadows to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Parkway Meadows and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Parkway Meadows to Richmond, with an average speed<2>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 193 miles [310.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,091 miles [9,802.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,796 miles [10,937.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,673 miles [7,520.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Parkway Meadows) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Parkway Meadows 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 Parkway Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2274, Longitude: -79.9034 In this case, the coordinates for Parkway Meadows have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.651 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.193 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.501 degrees. |
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