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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 Virgin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Virgin 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 Virgin:
    • 37.203603, -113.188752
    • 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 Virgin
  • 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 Virgin ...

We found two communities that share the name Virgin.

Within Utah, the name Virgin is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nevada
      • Clark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Virgin [Clark County].
    • Ohio
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Virgin [Washington County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Virgin ...

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.

  • Adventure ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Adventure. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adventure
    • Adventure is located in Washington County
  • Apple Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Big Plain Junction
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Plain Junction
    • Big Plain Junction is located in Washington County
  • Browse
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browse
    • Browse is located in Washington County
  • Harrisburg ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Harrisburg is located in Washington County
    • Former names for Harrisburg:
    • Cottonwood
    • Harrisville
  • Hurricane
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Rockville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Silver Reef ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Reef
    • Silver Reef is located in Washington County

How Far From Virgin 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 town such as Virgin to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Virgin and extending to:

  • Saint George, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<4> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Virgin to Saint George, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 255 miles [410.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,956 miles [3,147.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,248 miles [11,664.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,016 miles [12,900.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,983 miles [9,628.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Virgin. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Washington County: www.washco.state.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Virgin 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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Virgin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Virgin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2036, Longitude: -113.1888    
<5>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.
<6>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 Virgin to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.562 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.942 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.707 degrees.




 

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