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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 Sydnorsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sydnorsville 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 Sydnorsville:
- 36.891980, -79.865689
- 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 Sydnorsville
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Sydnorsville is near Henry County and also Martinsville City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martinsville 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 Sydnorsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sydnorsville ...
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.
- Figsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Figsboro is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figsboro
- Fork Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fork Mountain is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Mountain
- Hay Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hay Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Run
- Henry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Henry Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Henry Fork is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Fork
- Progress
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Progress is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Reed Creek Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
- Rocky Mount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stanleytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Sydnorsville 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 Sydnorsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sydnorsville and extending to:
- Rocky Mount, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the North.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Sydnorsville to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 207 miles [333.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,104 miles [9,823.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,685 miles [7,539.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Sydnorsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sydnorsville 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 Sydnorsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8920, Longitude: -79.8657 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.636 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.127 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.596 degrees. |
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