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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 Powells Store, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Powells Store 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 Powells Store:
- 37.530693, -79.413089
- 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 Powells Store
- 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 Bedford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Since Powells Store is near Amherst County and also Rockbridge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amherst County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockbridge 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 Powells Store
Communities Also Named Powells Store ...
We found one communities that are also named Powells Store.
Within Virginia, the name Powells Store is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Powells Store in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Rockingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Powells Store [Rockingham County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Powells Store ...
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.
- Balcony Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Balcony Falls is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balcony Falls
- Big Otter Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Big Otter Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Otter Mill
- Buffalo Forge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Coffee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coffee is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
- Eagles Eyrie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eagles Eyrie is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Eyrie
- Fork Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fork Mountain is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Mountain
- Glasgow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Major
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Major is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Major
- Natural Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Natural Bridge Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Otterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Otterville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Pleasant View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Salt Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Salt Creek is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
- Solitude
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Solitude is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
How Far From Powells Store 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 Powells Store to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Powells Store and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Powells Store to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 159 miles [255.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,057 miles [9,747.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,762 miles [10,882.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,639 miles [7,465.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Powells Store 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Powells Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Powells Store 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 Powells Store. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5307, Longitude: -79.4131 In this case, the coordinates for Powells Store have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.354 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.899 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.198 degrees. |
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