Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pisgah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pisgah and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pisgah
- 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 Pisgah:
- 37.122197, -81.574753
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Pisgah
- 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 Tazewell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Tazewell County
- Since Pisgah is near McDowell County and also Smyth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for McDowell County
- eBird sighting report for Smyth 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Pisgah ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Pisgah.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Pisgah.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jackson County
- This Pisgah is located in Jackson County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Pisgah that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Pisgah.
- Limestone County
- This Pisgah is located in Limestone County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km] to the west southwest of the Pisgah that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Pisgah.
- Montgomery County
- This Pisgah is located in Montgomery County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km] to the southwest of the Pisgah that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Pisgah.
- Arkansas
- Pike County
- This Pisgah is located in Pike County and lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Pisgah that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Pisgah.
- Pope County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Pisgah [Pope County].
- Yell County
- This Pisgah is located in Yell County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km] to the west of the Pisgah that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yell County community of Pisgah.
- California
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Greene County
- This Pisgah is located in Greene County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Pisgah that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Pisgah.
- Prentiss County
- This Pisgah is located in Prentiss County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km] to the west southwest of the Pisgah that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prentiss County community of Pisgah.
- Rankin County
- This Pisgah is located in Rankin County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km] to the west southwest of the Pisgah that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Pisgah.
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- DeKalb County
- This Pisgah is located in DeKalb County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Pisgah that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Pisgah.
- Giles County
- This Pisgah is located in Giles County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km] to the west southwest of the Pisgah that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Pisgah.
- Shelby County
- This Pisgah is located in Shelby County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km] to the west southwest of the Pisgah that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Pisgah.
- Weakley County
- This Pisgah is located in Weakley County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km] to the west of the Pisgah that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weakley County community of Pisgah.
- Texas
- Nacogdoches County
- This Pisgah is located in Nacogdoches County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Pisgah that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nacogdoches County community of Pisgah.
- Navarro County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Navarro County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Pisgah.
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pisgah ...
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.
- Bishop
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Busthead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Drytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Faraday
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Five Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Fourway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Frog Level
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frog Level have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
- Frog Level is located in Tazewell County
- Gap Store
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Joe Neets
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Maxwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Maxwell is located in Tazewell County
- River Jack
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Jack have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Jack
- River Jack is located in Tazewell County
- Stony Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ridge
- Stony Ridge is located in Tazewell County
How Far From Pisgah 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 Pisgah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pisgah and extending to:
- Tazewell, which is the Seat of Tazewell County, lies just to the East.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Pisgah to Richmond, with an average speed<6>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 275 miles [442.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,166 miles [9,923.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,875 miles [11,064.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,751 miles [7,646 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pisgah. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 Pisgah 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pisgah) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pisgah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1222, Longitude: -81.5748 |
| <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 Pisgah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Pisgah to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.644 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.313 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.226 degrees. |