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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 Victory Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Victory Heights 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 Victory Heights:
- 37.129852, -80.419217
- 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 Victory Heights
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Victory Heights is near Radford City and also Pulaski County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Radford City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski 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 Victory Heights
Communities Also Named Victory Heights ...
We found nine communities that are also named Victory Heights.
Within Virginia, the name Victory Heights is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Hartford County
- Although located in Hartford County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Victory Heights.
- Georgia
- Chatham County
- This Victory Heights is located in Chatham County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the south of the Victory Heights that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Victory Heights.
- Muscogee County
- This Victory Heights is located in Muscogee County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km] to the southwest of the Victory Heights that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Victory Heights.
- Kentucky
- Clark County
- This Victory Heights is located in Clark County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Victory Heights that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Victory Heights.
- New York
- Chemung 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 New York community of Victory Heights [Chemung County].
- Pennsylvania
- Venango County
- This Victory Heights is located in Venango County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the north of the Victory Heights that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Victory Heights.
- Tennessee
- Shelby 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 Tennessee community of Victory Heights [Shelby County].
- Washington
- King County
- This Victory Heights is located in King County and lies 2,225 miles [3,580.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Victory Heights that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Victory Heights.
- Wisconsin
- Rock County
- This Victory Heights is located in Rock County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Victory Heights that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Victory Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Victory Heights ...
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.
- Apple Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Apple Acres is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Acres
- Bangs ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bangs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Christiansburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Craig Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Craig Mountain is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Mountain
- Diamond Pointe
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Diamond Pointe is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Pointe
- Echo Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Echo Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Hills
- Lee-Hi Court
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lee-Hi Court is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee-Hi Court
- Lester Place
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lester Place is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Place
- Mockingbird Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mockingbird Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
- Mountain View Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mountain View Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Park
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Raintree Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Raintree Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Sleepy Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Suburban Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Suburban Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Hills
- Walnut Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Windmill Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Windmill Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Hills
How Far From Victory Heights 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 Victory Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Victory Heights and extending to:
- Christiansburg, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the East.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Victory Heights to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 220 miles [354.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,117 miles [9,844.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,823 miles [10,980.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,700 miles [7,563.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Victory Heights) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Victory Heights 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Victory Heights 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 Victory Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1299, Longitude: -80.4192 In this case, the coordinates for Victory Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.957 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.529 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.745 degrees. |
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