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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 Tazewell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tazewell 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 Tazewell:
    • 36.604588, -78.208607
    • 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 Tazewell
  • 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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mecklenburg County
    • Since Tazewell is near Warren County and also Brunswick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick 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 Tazewell

Communities Also Named Tazewell ...

We found five communities that are also named Tazewell.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Tazewell.

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

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Tazewell County
      • This Tazewell is located in Tazewell County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tazewell that is located in Mecklenburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Tazewell.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Marion County
      • This Tazewell is located in Marion County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Tazewell that is located in Mecklenburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Tazewell.
    • Illinois
      • Tazewell County
      • This Tazewell is located in Tazewell County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tazewell that is located in Mecklenburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Tazewell.
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne County
      • This Tazewell is located in Claiborne County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the west of the Tazewell that is located in Mecklenburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Tazewell.
    • Texas
      • Hopkins County
      • This Tazewell is located in Hopkins County and lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km]<1> to the west of the Tazewell that is located in Mecklenburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of Tazewell.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tazewell ...

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.

  • Antlers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Antlers is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antlers
  • Baskerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Baskerville is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskerville
  • Busy Bee Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Busy Bee Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Bee Corner
  • Cedar Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Dockery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Dockery is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
  • Elamtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Elamtown is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamtown
  • Gills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gills is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills
  • Redlawn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Redlawn is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redlawn
  • Roberts Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Roberts Ferry is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Ferry
  • Union Level
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Tazewell once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Tazewell and extending to:

  • Boydton, which is the Seat of Mecklenburg County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tazewell to Boydton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 170 miles [273.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,046 miles [9,730.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,744 miles [10,853.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,623 miles [7,440 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tazewell) 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 Tazewell, 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 Tazewell 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 Tazewell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6046, Longitude: -78.2086       In this case, the coordinates for Tazewell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.682 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.994 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.028 degrees.