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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 Sugar Loaf Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sugar Loaf Hills 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 Sugar Loaf Hills:
- 37.227636, -80.042261
- 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 Sugar Loaf Hills
- 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 Roanoke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke County
- Since Sugar Loaf Hills is near Roanoke City and also Salem City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Salem City
- 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 Sugar Loaf Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sugar Loaf Hills ...
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.
- Castle Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Castle Hill is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Hill
- Castle Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Castle Rock is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
- Cave Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Cliffview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cliffview is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffview
- Crest Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Crest Hill is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest Hill
- Green Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Valley is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Greenland Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenland Hills is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Hills
- Hickory Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hickory Hill is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Hidden Valley Court
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hidden Valley Court is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Court
- Highfields
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Highfields is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfields
- Holly Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Ridge is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
- Homeplace
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Homeplace is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeplace
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Homewood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Homewood is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Kings Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Forest is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
- Meadowlark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowlark is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlark
- Orchard Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Orchard Court is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Court
- Rosecrest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rosecrest is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosecrest
- Scenic Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Scenic Hills is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Hills
- Spring Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Springlawn
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Springlawn is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springlawn
- Sugar Loaf Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sugar Loaf Farms is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf Farms
- Sugar Loaf Highlands
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sugar Loaf Highlands is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf Highlands
- Sunset Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sunset Hills is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
How Far From Sugar Loaf Hills 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 Sugar Loaf Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sugar Loaf Hills and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Sugar Loaf Hills to Richmond, with an average speed<2>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 199 miles [320.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,097 miles [9,812.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,802 miles [10,946.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,679 miles [7,530.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sugar Loaf Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Sugar Loaf Hills 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 Sugar Loaf Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2276, Longitude: -80.0423 In this case, the coordinates for Sugar Loaf Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.733 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.287 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.558 degrees. |
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