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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 Tito, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tito 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 Tito:
    • 36.758150, -82.814329
    • 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 Tito
  • 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
    • Since Tito is near Lee County and also Wise County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wise 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 Tito

Communities Also Named Tito ...

We found two communities that are also named Tito.

Within Virginia, the name Tito is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Bullock County
      • This Tito is located in Bullock County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Tito that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullock County community of Tito.
    • North Carolina
      • Haywood 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 North Carolina community of Tito [Haywood County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tito ...

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.

  • Boulder
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Boulder is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder
  • Deep Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Deep Springs is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Springs
  • Harvey
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Harvey is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
  • Irondale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Irondale is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
  • Jasper
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jasper is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
  • Mohawk ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mohawk is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
  • Natural Tunnel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Natural Tunnel is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natural Tunnel
  • Powers Ford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Powers Ford is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Ford
  • Seminary
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Seminary is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminary
  • Stanleytown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Stanleytown is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleytown
  • Stickleyville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Stickleyville is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickleyville
  • Sunbright
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunbright is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbright

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

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

  • Gate City, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tito to Gate City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 300 miles [482.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 347 miles [558.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,234 miles [10,032.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,821 miles [7,758.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Tito) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Tito 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 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 Tito 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 Tito. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7582, Longitude: -82.8143       In this case, the coordinates for Tito have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.388 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.111 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.852 degrees.