Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Tristan:
  • 38.802588, -81.227062
  • 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 Tristan

• 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 Roane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
  • Since Tristan is near Calhoun County and also Wirt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wirt 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 Tristan

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tristan ...

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.

• Adam
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Adam is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adam
• Beech
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Beech is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
• Clover
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Clover is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
• Green Acres
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Green Acres is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
• Joker
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Joker is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joker
• Leatherbark
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Leatherbark is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherbark
• Liberty Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Liberty Hill is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
• Millstone
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Millstone is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
• Nancy Run
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Nancy Run is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy Run
• Otto
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Otto is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
• Pink
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Pink is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
• Quiet Vale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Quiet Vale is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Vale
• Walnut Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Walnut Grove is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

How Far From Tristan to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tristan and extending to:

• Spencer, which is the Seat of Roane County, lies just to the West.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Tristan to Charleston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 225 miles [362.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,076 miles [9,778.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,791 miles [10,929.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,666 miles [7,509.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'