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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stony 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 Stony:
    • 36.846768, -82.453762
    • 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
  • 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
    • Since Stony is near Wise County and also Russell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wise County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Russell 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

Communities Also Named Stony ...

We found three communities that are also named Stony.

Within Virginia, the name Stony is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Stony lies 1,536 miles [2,472 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stony that is located in Scott County.
    • Texas
      • Denton County
      • This Stony is located in Denton County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stony that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Denton County community of Stony.
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette 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 West Virginia community of Stony [Fayette County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stony ...

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.

  • Bush Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bush Mill is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Mill
  • Carfax
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Carfax is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carfax
  • Clinch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Clinch is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinch
  • Crab Orchard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Crab Orchard is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Orchard
  • Crackers Neck
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Crackers Neck is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crackers Neck
  • Dry Fork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dry Fork is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Fork
  • Flatwoods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Flatwoods is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
  • Grays
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Grays is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
  • Grays Ford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Grays Ford is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Ford
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Maytown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Maytown is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
    • Mew
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Mew is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mew
    • Riverview
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Riverview is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Stringtown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Stringtown is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
    • Sunny Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunny Point is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
    • Twin Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Twin Springs is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs

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

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

  • Gate City, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stony to Gate City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 280 miles [450.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 327 miles [526.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,215 miles [10,002.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,801 miles [7,726.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stony) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Stony 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 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 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8468, Longitude: -82.4538       In this case, the coordinates for Stony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.171 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.876 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.675 degrees.