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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 Vance Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vance Mill 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 Vance Mill:
- 36.684834, -81.972070
- 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 Vance Mill
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Vance Mill is near Sullivan County and also Bristol City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bristol 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 Vance Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vance Mill ...
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.
- Booker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Booker is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
- Butts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Butts is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butts
- Cedar Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Drowning Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Drowning Ford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drowning Ford
- Evergreen Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Hills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Hills
- Fractionville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fractionville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fractionville
- Green Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Spring is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
- Greenfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Lowland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lowland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
- Meadowview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Painter Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Painter Spring is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Spring
- Parks Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Parks Mill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Mill
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rust Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rust Hollow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rust Hollow
- Shady Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shortsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shortsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortsville
- Twin Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Twin Oaks is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
How Far From Vance Mill 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 Vance Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vance Mill and extending to:
- Abingdon, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the North.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 256 miles [412 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Vance Mill to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 309 miles [497.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,202 miles [9,981.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,787 miles [7,703.9 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 '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- Vance Mill) 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 Vance Mill 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 Vance Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6848, Longitude: -81.9721 In this case, the coordinates for Vance Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.884 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.523 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.523 degrees. |
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