Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Pucketts Store:
  • 37.033448, -81.604280
  • 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 Pucketts 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 Tazewell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tazewell County
  • Since Pucketts Store is near Smyth County and also Bland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Smyth County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bland 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 Pucketts Store

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pucketts 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.

• Busthead
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Busthead is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busthead
• Frog Level
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Frog Level is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
• Gap Store
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Gap Store is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Store
• Green Place
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Green Place is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Place
• Joe Neets
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Joe Neets is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe Neets
• Joe Whites
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Joe Whites is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe Whites
• Liberty
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Liberty is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Maiden Spring
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Maiden Spring is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Spring
• Maxwell
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Maxwell is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
• Pounding Mill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pounding Mill is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pounding Mill
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pounding Mill <1>
• Ridgedale
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Ridgedale is located in Smyth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
• River Jack
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • River Jack is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Jack
• Rockhouse
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Rockhouse is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
• Tannersville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Tannersville is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannersville

How Far From Pucketts 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 Pucketts Store to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Tazewell, which is the Seat of Tazewell County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Pucketts Store to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 279 miles [449 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,171 miles [9,931.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,880 miles [11,072.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,756 miles [7,654 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'