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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 Stony Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stony Ridge 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 Stony Ridge:
    • 37.188448, -81.533720
    • 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 Stony Ridge
  • 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 Stony Ridge is near McDowell County and also Buchanan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McDowell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan 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 Stony Ridge

Communities Also Named Stony Ridge ...

We found four communities that are also named Stony Ridge.

Within Virginia, the name Stony Ridge is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Kosciusko County
      • This Stony Ridge is located in Kosciusko County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stony Ridge that is located in Tazewell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Stony Ridge.
    • Ohio
      • Mahoning County
      • This Stony Ridge is located in Mahoning County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the north of the Stony Ridge that is located in Tazewell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Stony Ridge.
      • Pike County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Stony Ridge [Pike County].
      • Wood County
      • This Stony Ridge is located in Wood County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km] to the north northwest of the Stony Ridge that is located in Tazewell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Stony Ridge.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stony Ridge ...

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.

  • Abbs Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
  • Bishop
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Bishop is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
  • Drytown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Drytown is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drytown
  • Faraday
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Faraday is located in McDowell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faraday
  • Five Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
  • Fourway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fourway is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourway
  • Horsepen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Horsepen is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsepen
  • Horsepen Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Horsepen Cove is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsepen Cove
  • Jacobs Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jacobs Fork is located in McDowell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Fork
  • Johnstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Johnstown is located in McDowell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
  • Mud Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mud Fork is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Fork
  • River Jack
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • River Jack is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Jack
  • Squire
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Squire is located in McDowell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squire
  • Tiptop
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Tiptop is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiptop

How Far From Stony Ridge to ...

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

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

  • Tazewell, which is the Seat of Tazewell County, lies just to the South.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Stony Ridge 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 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 271 miles [436.1 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 6,161 miles [9,915.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,747 miles [7,639.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Stony Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stony Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>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 Stony Ridge 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 Stony Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1884, Longitude: -81.5337       In this case, the coordinates for Stony Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.619 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.294 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.188 degrees.