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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 Villamont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Villamont 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 Villamont:
- 37.395516, -79.776063
- 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 Villamont
- 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 Bedford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Since Villamont is near Botetourt County and also Roanoke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Botetourt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke 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 Villamont
Curious and Interesting Names Near Villamont ...
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.
- Amsterdam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cloverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Coonsville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coonsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonsville
- Daleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Heatherstone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Heatherstone is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherstone
- Huntridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntridge is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntridge
- Laymantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laymantown is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laymantown
- Lynchburg Mines ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lynchburg Mines is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg Mines
- Peachtree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peachtree is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
- Rainbow Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rainbow Forest is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Forest
- Runaway Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Runaway Village is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runaway Village
- Shady Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Stepping Stone
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stepping Stone is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stepping Stone
- Trinity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Troutville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Villamont 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 Villamont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Villamont and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Villamont to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 181 miles [291.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,078 miles [9,781.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,784 miles [10,917.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,661 miles [7,501.2 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- Villamont) 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 Villamont 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 Villamont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3955, Longitude: -79.7761 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.572 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.128 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.393 degrees. |
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