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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 Wurno, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wurno 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 Wurno:
- 37.068789, -80.724088
- 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 Wurno
- 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Wurno is near Radford City and also Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Wurno
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wurno ...
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.
- Boom Furnace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Boom Furnace is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boom Furnace
- Cedar Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Valley is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Clark ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clark is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Dublin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Forest Park is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Haven Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Haven Heights is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Heights
- Hickory Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Hills is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Highland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Little Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Little Creek is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
- Little Montgomery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Little Montgomery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Montgomery
- Mountain View
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mountain View is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Poplar Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Reed Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Reed Junction is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Junction
- Snowville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tinytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tinytown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinytown
- Willow Woods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Woods is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Woods
How Far From Wurno 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 Wurno to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wurno and extending to:
- Pulaski, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Wurno 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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 237 miles [381.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,133 miles [9,870.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,839 miles [11,006.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,716 miles [7,589.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wurno) 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 Wurno 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 Wurno. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0688, Longitude: -80.7241 In this case, the coordinates for Wurno have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.139 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.727 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.89 degrees. |
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