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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 Yards, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yards 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 Yards:
- 37.292458, -81.311303
- 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 Yards
- 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 Tazewell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tazewell County
- Since Yards is near Mercer County and also McDowell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDowell 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 Yards
Communities Also Named Yards ...
We found one communities that are also named Yards.
Within Virginia, the name Yards is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Yards in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- West Virginia
- Mercer County
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Yards.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yards ...
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.
- Abbs Valley ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Abbs Valley is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
- Big Vein
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Big Vein is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Vein
- Bluestone
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bluestone is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestone
- Brush Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brush Fork is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Fork
- Coopers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Falls Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Freeman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hales Bottom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hales Bottom is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Bottom
- Pocahontas
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sam is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sam
- Yards
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
How Far From Yards 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 Yards to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Yards and extending to:
- Tazewell, which is the Seat of Tazewell County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Yards to Tazewell, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 213 miles [342.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,147 miles [9,892.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,856 miles [11,033.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,733 miles [7,617 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Yards) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Yards 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 Yards. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2925, Longitude: -81.3113 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.485 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.156 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.063 degrees. |
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