Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Youngs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Youngs and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Youngs
- 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 Youngs:
- 37.115115, -81.606778
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Youngs
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Tazewell County
- Since Youngs is near McDowell County and also Buchanan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for McDowell County
- eBird sighting report for Buchanan 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Youngs ...
We found nine communities that share the name Youngs.
Within Virginia, the name Youngs is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Hall County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Hall County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Youngs.
- Polk County
- This Youngs is located in Polk County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Youngs that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Youngs.
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- New York
- Delaware County
- This Youngs is located in Delaware County and lies 489 miles [787 km]<2> to the northeast of the Youngs that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Youngs.
- Onondaga County
- This Youngs is located in Onondaga County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km] to the north northeast of the Youngs that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Youngs.
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Youngs ...
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.
- Bishop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Busthead
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Drytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Faraday
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Five Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Fourway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Frog Level
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frog Level have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
- Frog Level is located in Tazewell County
- Gap Store
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Hix ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Jacobs Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacobs Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Fork
- Jacobs Fork is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Joe Neets
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Joe Whites
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joe Whites have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe Whites
- Joe Whites is located in Tazewell County
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Johnstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Maiden Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maiden Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Spring
- Maiden Spring is located in Tazewell County
- Maxwell
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Maxwell is located in Tazewell County
- Pounding Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pounding Mill
- Pounding Mill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pounding Mill <6>
- River Jack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Jack have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Jack
- River Jack is located in Tazewell County
- Rockhouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Stony Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ridge
- Stony Ridge is located in Tazewell County
- Johnstown
How Far From Youngs 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 Youngs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Youngs once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Youngs and extending to:
- Tazewell, which is the Seat of Tazewell County, lies just to the East.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Youngs to Richmond, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 277 miles [445.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,168 miles [9,926.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,877 miles [11,067.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,753 miles [7,649.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Youngs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Youngs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Youngs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1151, Longitude: -81.6068 In this case, the coordinates for Youngs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Youngs 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. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Youngs to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.663 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.334 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.241 degrees. |