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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 Advance Mills Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Advance Mills Village 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 Advance Mills Village:
- 38.195308, -78.425637
- 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 Advance Mills Village
- 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 Albemarle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albemarle County
- Since Advance Mills Village is near Chesterfield County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Advance Mills Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Advance Mills Village ...
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.
- Airport Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Airport Acres is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Acres
- Camelot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Camelot is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Chestnut Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Deer Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Run is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Deerwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Deerwood is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Earlysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Foxwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Foxwood is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
- Gilbert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert Heights is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Heights
- Hickory Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Mallard Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mallard Lake is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Lake
- Mill Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Run is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Proffit
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Proffit is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proffit
How Far From Advance Mills Village 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 Advance Mills Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Advance Mills Village and extending to:
- Charlottesville, which is the Seat of Albemarle County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Advance Mills Village to Charlottesville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 70 miles [112.7 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 about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 89 miles [143.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,986 miles [9,633.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,692 miles [10,769.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,569 miles [7,353.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Advance Mills Village) 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 Advance Mills Village 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 Advance Mills Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1953, Longitude: -78.4256 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.746 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.307 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.556 degrees. |
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