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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 Stewartsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stewartsville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Stewartsville:
    • 37.270695, -79.792536
    • 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 Stewartsville
  • 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 Stewartsville is near Roanoke County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Stewartsville

Communities Also Named Stewartsville ...

We found seven communities that are also named Stewartsville.

Within Virginia, the name Stewartsville is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Posey County
      • This Stewartsville is located in Posey County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the west of the Stewartsville that is located in Bedford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Posey County community of Stewartsville.
    • Kentucky
      • Grant County
      • This Stewartsville is located in Grant County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stewartsville that is located in Bedford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Stewartsville.
    • Missouri
      • DeKalb County
      • This Stewartsville is located in DeKalb County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stewartsville that is located in Bedford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Stewartsville.
    • New Jersey
      • Warren County
      • This Stewartsville is located in Warren County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stewartsville that is located in Bedford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Stewartsville.
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • This Stewartsville is located in Belmont County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Stewartsville that is located in Bedford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Stewartsville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Stewartsville is located in Westmoreland County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the north of the Stewartsville that is located in Bedford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Stewartsville.
    • Tennessee
      • Shelby County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Stewartsville [Shelby County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stewartsville ...

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.

  • Colonial Trail
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Colonial Trail is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Trail
  • Dundee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dundee is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
  • Falling Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Falling Creek is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Creek
  • Foxfire
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Foxfire is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
  • Goodview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hardy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hardy Ford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Hardy Ford is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Ford
  • Hickory Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Woods is located in Roanoke City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
  • Huntridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Huntridge is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntridge
  • Lynn Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lynn Haven is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Haven
  • Mayflower Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mayflower Hills is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Hills
  • Muse
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Muse is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muse
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • River Edge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • River Edge is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Edge
    • Shady Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Shady Grove is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Spring Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Spring Grove is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
    • Springtree
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Springtree is located in Roanoke City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtree

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stewartsville and extending to:

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Stewartsville to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 187 miles [300.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,085 miles [9,792.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,789 miles [10,925.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,667 miles [7,510.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Stewartsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Stewartsville 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Stewartsville 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 Stewartsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2707, Longitude: -79.7925       In this case, the coordinates for Stewartsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.585 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.124 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.441 degrees.