Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Poletown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Poletown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Poletown

• 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 Poletown:
  • 36.964009, -80.916746
  • 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 Poletown

• 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 Wythe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wythe County
  • Since Poletown is near Pulaski County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Poletown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Poletown ...

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.

• Clark ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Clark is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
• Farmers Store
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Farmers Store is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Store
• Galena
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Galena is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
• Grahams Forge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Grahams Forge is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Forge
• Kent
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Kent is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
• Locust Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
• Lone Ash
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lone Ash is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Ash
• Max Meadows
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Max Meadows is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Max Meadows
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Max Meadows <1>
• Red Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Red Hill is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
• Stringtown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Stringtown is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown

How Far From Poletown to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Poletown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Poletown and extending to:

• Wytheville, which is the Seat of Wythe County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Poletown to Wytheville, with an average speed<3> 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 195 miles [313.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 249 miles [400.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,146 miles [9,891 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,852 miles [11,027.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,729 miles [7,610.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'