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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 New Market, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Market and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 New Market:
    • 38.647931, -78.671662
    • 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 New Market
  • 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 New Market ...

We found 25 communities that share the name New Market.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named New Market.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Prince William County
      • This New Market is located in Prince William County and lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the east of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of New Market.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Madison County
      • This New Market is located in Madison County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of New Market.
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This New Market is located in Sussex County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the east of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of New Market.
    • Georgia
      • Monroe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of New Market [Monroe County].
    • Illinois
      • Gallatin County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of New Market [Gallatin County].
    • Indiana
      • Clark County
      • This New Market is located in Clark County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the west of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of New Market.
      • Montgomery County
      • This New Market is located in Montgomery County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km] to the west northwest of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of New Market.
    • Iowa
      • Taylor County
      • This New Market is located in Taylor County and lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of New Market.
    • Kentucky
      • Marion County
      • This New Market is located in Marion County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the west of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of New Market.
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This New Market is located in Frederick County and lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of New Market.
    • Minnesota
      • Scott County
      • This New Market is located in Scott County and lies 859 miles [1,382.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of New Market.
    • Missouri
      • Platte County
      • This New Market is located in Platte County and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<1> to the west of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of New Market.
      • Polk County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Polk County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of New Market.
    • New Jersey
      • Middlesex County
      • This New Market is located in Middlesex County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of New Market.
    • New York
      • Niagara County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of New Market [Niagara County].
    • North Carolina
      • Randolph County
      • This New Market is located in Randolph County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of New Market.
    • Ohio
      • Geauga County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Geauga County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Geauga County community of New Market.
      • Highland County
      • This New Market is located in Highland County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the west of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of New Market.
      • Lake County
      • This community is historic and although located in Lake County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of New Market.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • This New Market is located in York County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of New Market.
    • South Carolina
      • Abbeville County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of New Market [Abbeville County].
      • Darlington County
      • This New Market is located in Darlington County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of New Market.
      • Greenwood County
      • This New Market is located in Greenwood County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km] to the south southwest of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of New Market.
      • Williamsburg County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of New Market [Williamsburg County].
    • Tennessee
      • Jefferson County
      • This New Market is located in Jefferson County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the west southwest of the New Market that is located in Shenandoah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of New Market.

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Market ...

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.

  • Alpine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alpine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
    • Alpine is located in Shenandoah County
  • Catherine Furnace
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catherine Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Furnace
    • Catherine Furnace is located in Page County
  • Forestville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
    • Forestville is located in Shenandoah County
  • Georgetown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Georgetown is located in Shenandoah County
  • Intersections
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Intersections have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intersections
    • Intersections is located in Page County
  • Locust Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Locust Grove is located in Shenandoah County
  • Mayland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
    • Mayland is located in Rockingham County
  • Mechanicsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
    • Mechanicsville is located in Rockingham County
  • Quicksburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quicksburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksburg
    • Quicksburg is located in Shenandoah County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quicksburg <5>
  • Shavertown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shavertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shavertown
    • Shavertown is located in Shenandoah County
  • Tenth Legion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tenth Legion have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenth Legion
    • Tenth Legion is located in Rockingham County
  • Timberville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

How Far From New Market 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 New Market to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Market and extending to:

  • Woodstock, which is the Seat of Shenandoah County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from New Market to Woodstock, with an average speed<6> 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 101 miles [162.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 89 miles [143.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,977 miles [9,619 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,685 miles [10,758.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,561 miles [7,340.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for New Market: www.newmarketvirginia.com/

The official website for Shenandoah County: www.co.shenandoah.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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- New Market) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Market. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6479, Longitude: -78.6717    
<2>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 New Market 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.
<3>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 New Market, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 New Market to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.872 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.518 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.497 degrees.




 

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