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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 Stuart, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stuart 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 Stuart:
    • 36.642331, -80.269409
    • 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 Stuart
  • 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 Patrick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Patrick County
    • Since Stuart is near Stokes County and also Floyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stokes County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd 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 Stuart

Communities Also Named Stuart ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Stuart.

Within Virginia, the name Stuart is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Sharp County
      • This Stuart is located in Sharp County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the west of the Stuart that is located in Patrick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sharp County community of Stuart.
    • British Columbia
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • California
      • San Diego County
      • This Stuart is located in San Diego County and lies 2,102 miles [3,382.8 km]<1> to the west of the Stuart that is located in Patrick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Stuart.
      • Santa Barbara 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 California community of Stuart [Santa Barbara County].
    • Colorado
      • Kiowa County
      • This Stuart is located in Kiowa County and lies 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stuart that is located in Patrick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kiowa County community of Stuart.
    • Florida
      • Martin County
      • This Stuart is located in Martin County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<1> to the south of the Stuart that is located in Patrick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Stuart.
    • Iowa
      • Guthrie County
      • This Stuart is located in Guthrie County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stuart that is located in Patrick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guthrie County community of Stuart.
    • Kansas
      • Smith 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 Kansas community of Stuart [Smith County].
    • Montana
      • Deer Lodge County
      • This Stuart is located in Deer Lodge County and lies 1,792 miles [2,883.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stuart that is located in Patrick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Deer Lodge County community of Stuart.
    • Nebraska
      • Holt County
      • This Stuart is located in Holt County and lies 1,081 miles [1,739.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stuart that is located in Patrick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holt County community of Stuart.
    • Oklahoma
      • Hughes County
      • This Stuart is located in Hughes County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<1> to the west of the Stuart that is located in Patrick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hughes County community of Stuart.
    • Ontario
      • This Stuart lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<1> to the north of the Stuart that is located in Patrick County.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Stuart is located in Davis County and lies 1,727 miles [2,779.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stuart that is located in Patrick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Stuart.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Stuart is located in King County and lies 2,234 miles [3,595.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stuart that is located in Patrick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Stuart.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stuart ...

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.

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

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

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Stuart to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 235 miles [378.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,132 miles [9,868.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,836 miles [11,001.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,714 miles [7,586.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Stuart) 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 Stuart 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 Stuart 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 Stuart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6423, Longitude: -80.2694    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.878 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.366 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.84 degrees.