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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 Villa Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Villa 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 Villa Heights:
- 36.697359, -79.903929
- 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 Villa 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 Henry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Since Villa Heights is near Martinsville City and also Rockingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martinsville City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham 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 Villa Heights
Communities Also Named Villa Heights ...
We found seven communities that are also named Villa Heights.
There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Villa Heights.
Beyond Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Norfolk City
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Villa Heights [Norfolk City].
- Roanoke City
- This Villa Heights is located in Roanoke City and lies 41 miles [66 km]<2> to the north of the Villa Heights that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Villa Heights.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Howard County
- This Villa Heights is located in Howard County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Villa Heights that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Villa Heights.
- Prince George's County
- This Villa Heights is located in Prince George's County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km] to the northeast of the Villa Heights that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Villa Heights.
- Missouri
- Jasper County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Villa Heights [Jasper County].
- North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County
- This Villa Heights is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Villa Heights that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Villa Heights.
- Tennessee
- Bradley County
- This Villa Heights is located in Bradley County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Villa Heights that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Villa Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Villa 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.
- Chestnut Knob
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Knob is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Knob
- Figsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Figsboro is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figsboro
- Grassy Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grassy Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Hill Top
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hill Top is located in Martinsville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Horse Pasture
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Jones Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jones Creek is located in Martinsville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
- Laurel Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Laurel Park is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Marrowbone Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marrowbone Heights is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone Heights
- Martinsville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Liberty is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Liberty
- Pleasant Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Reed Creek Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
- Rock Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rock Run is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Stanleytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Villa Heights 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 Villa Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Villa Heights and extending to:
- Collinsville, which is the Seat of Henry County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Villa Heights to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 218 miles [350.8 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 6,114 miles [9,839.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,695 miles [7,555.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Villa 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Villa Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Villa 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 Villa Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6974, Longitude: -79.9039 In this case, the coordinates for Villa Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.663 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.128 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.674 degrees. |
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