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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 Prices Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prices Fork 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 Prices Fork:
- 37.209688, -80.490247
- 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 Prices Fork
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Prices Fork is near Pulaski County and also Radford City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Radford City
- 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 Prices Fork
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prices Fork ...
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.
- Airport Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Airport Acres is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Acres
- Apple Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Apple Acres is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Acres
- Cedar Orchard
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Orchard is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Orchard
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Clover Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Valley
- Diamond Pointe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond Pointe is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Pointe
- Evergreen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Farmview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Farmview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmview
- Hunters Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hunters Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
- Knob Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Knob Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
- Meadow Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Brook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Mission Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mission Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Mountain View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain View is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Park
- Murphy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Murphy is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Orchard View
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Orchard View is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
- Patrick Henry Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Patrick Henry Place is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Henry Place
- Pepper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pepper is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper
- Peppers Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peppers Ferry is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppers Ferry
- Pheasant Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pheasant Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
- Pilgrims Pointe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pilgrims Pointe is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Pointe
- Rainbow Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rainbow Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Ridge
- Ramble Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ramble Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramble Ridge
- Rolling Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Silver Leaf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Leaf is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Leaf
- Sleepy Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Stonegate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stonegate is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Sundance Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sundance Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Ridge
- Sundance Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sundance Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Village
- University Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- University Place is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
- University Terrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- University Terrace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Terrace
- Wake Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wake Forest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake Forest
- Windmill Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Windmill Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Hills
- Yellow Sulphur
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Sulphur is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Sulphur
- Yellow Sulphur Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Prices Fork 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 Prices Fork to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Prices Fork and extending to:
- Christiansburg, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Prices Fork to Richmond, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 220 miles [354.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,117 miles [9,844.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,823 miles [10,980.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,700 miles [7,563.9 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- Prices Fork) 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 Prices Fork 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 Prices Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2097, Longitude: -80.4902 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.998 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.587 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.748 degrees. |
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