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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 Little Richmond, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Richmond 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 Little Richmond:
- 36.294857, -80.757568
- 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 Little Richmond
- 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 Surry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Surry County
- Since Little Richmond is near Yadkin County and also Wilkes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yadkin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkes 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 Little Richmond
Communities Also Named Little Richmond ...
We found one communities that are also named Little Richmond.
Within North Carolina, the name Little Richmond is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Little Richmond in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Montgomery County
- This Little Richmond is located in Montgomery County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Little Richmond that is located in Surry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Little Richmond.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Richmond ...
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.
- Jonesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Level Cross
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Level Cross is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Cross
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mountain Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Mulberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Pleasant Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Poplar Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Poplar Springs is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Stony Knoll
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
- Turkey Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Ford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Ford
- Union Cross
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union Cross is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Zephyr
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
How Far From Little Richmond 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 Little Richmond to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Little Richmond and extending to:
- Dobson, which is the Seat of Surry County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Little Richmond to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 271 miles [436.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,169 miles [9,928 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,872 miles [11,059.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,750 miles [7,644.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Little Richmond) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Little Richmond 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 Little Richmond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2949, Longitude: -80.7576 In this case, the coordinates for Little Richmond have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.168 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.647 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.146 degrees. |
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