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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 Tinytown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tinytown 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 Tinytown:
    • 36.982067, -80.696455
    • 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 Tinytown
  • 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
    • Since Tinytown is near Wythe County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wythe County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Tinytown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tinytown ...

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.

  • Boom Furnace
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Boom Furnace is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boom Furnace
  • Dublin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • High Rocks Mill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • High Rocks Mill is located in Wythe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rocks Mill
  • Indian Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jett
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jett is located in Wythe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
  • Little Montgomery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Little Montgomery is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Montgomery
  • Lone Ash
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lone Ash is located in Wythe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Ash
  • Mitchell Crossroads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Mitchell Crossroads is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Crossroads
  • Mountain View
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain View is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Red Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Hill is located in Wythe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Reed Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Reed Junction is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Junction
  • Snowville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Snowville is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
  • Star Cave
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Star Cave is located in Wythe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Cave

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tinytown and extending to:

  • Pulaski, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Tinytown to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 239 miles [384.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,135 miles [9,873.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,842 miles [11,011.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,718 miles [7,592.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tinytown) 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 Tinytown 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 Tinytown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9821, Longitude: -80.6965       In this case, the coordinates for Tinytown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.124 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.697 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.906 degrees.