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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 Pennington Gap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pennington Gap 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 Pennington Gap:
- 36.758475, -83.027598
- 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 Pennington Gap
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Pennington Gap is near Harlan County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harlan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Pennington Gap
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pennington Gap ...
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.
- Ben Hur
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bonny Blue
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bonny Blue is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Blue
- Buckles ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Buckles is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckles
- Dominion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dominion is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
- Fleenortown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Imperial ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Imperial is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial
- Jonesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lee ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lee is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Mayflower
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mayflower is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Monarch
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Monarch is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Pocket
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pocket is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocket
- Robbins ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Robbins is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Stone Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stone Creek is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Creek
- Sulphur Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Woodway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodway is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodway
How Far From Pennington Gap 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 town such as Pennington Gap to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pennington Gap and extending to:
- Jonesville, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Pennington Gap to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 358 miles [576.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,243 miles [10,047.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,954 miles [11,191.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,830 miles [7,773.1 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pennington Gap) 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 Pennington Gap 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 Pennington Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7585, Longitude: -83.0276 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.516 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.258 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.941 degrees. |
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