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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 Vultare, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vultare 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 Vultare:
- 36.517094, -77.764984
- 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 Vultare
- 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 Northampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- Since Vultare is near Halifax County and also Greensville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Halifax County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greensville 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 Vultare
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vultare ...
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.
- Colony Club
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Colony Club is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Club
- Gasburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Forks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gum Forks is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Forks
- Paris Store
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paris Store is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Store
- Pea Hill Shores
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pea Hill Shores is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Hill Shores
- Roper Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roper Springs is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper Springs
- Rosemary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemary is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Slates Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slates Corner is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slates Corner
- Triplet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Triplet is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplet
- Valentines
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valentines is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentines
How Far From Vultare 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 Vultare to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vultare and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Northampton County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Vultare to Jackson, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 169 miles [272 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,030 miles [9,704.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,726 miles [10,824.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,607 miles [7,414.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vultare) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Vultare 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 Vultare. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5171, Longitude: -77.7650 In this case, the coordinates for Vultare have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.431 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.694 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.883 degrees. |
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