Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in West Piney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Piney and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for West Piney

• 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 West Piney:
  • 36.884288, -81.009528
  • 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 West Piney

• 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 Wythe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wythe County
  • Since West Piney is near Carroll County and also Grayson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson 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 West Piney

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Piney ...

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.

• Eagle ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Eagle is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
• Eagle Furnace
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Eagle Furnace is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Furnace
• Farmers Store
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Farmers Store is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Store
• Ivanhoe
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ivanhoe is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ivanhoe <1>
• Kent
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Kent is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
• Pierce Mill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Pierce Mill is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
• Porters Crossroads
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Porters Crossroads is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Crossroads
• Raketown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Raketown is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raketown
• Stones Mill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Stones Mill is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Mill

How Far From West Piney to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as West Piney to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Piney and extending to:

• Wytheville, which is the Seat of Wythe County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from West Piney to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 257 miles [413.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,153 miles [9,902.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,860 miles [11,040.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,736 miles [7,621.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'