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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 Albano, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Albano 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 Albano:
- 38.207355, -78.304173
- 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 Albano
- 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Since Albano is near Greene County and also Albemarle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albemarle 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 Albano
Communities Also Named Albano ...
We found one communities that are also named Albano.
Within Virginia, the name Albano is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Albano in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Stafford 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 Kansas community of Albano [Stafford County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Albano ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Airport Acres is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Acres
- Burnt Tree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Camelot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Camelot is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Cash Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cash Corner is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Chestnut Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Dawsons Shop ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dawsons Shop is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsons Shop
- Dawsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Deer Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Run is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Deerwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Deerwood is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Foxwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Foxwood is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
- Gilbert
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Gilbert Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert Heights is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Heights
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Gordonsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Liberty Mills is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Mill Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mill Run is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Pratts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Proffit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Proffit is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proffit
- Radiant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Uno
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Uno is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
How Far From Albano 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 Albano to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Albano and extending to:
- Orange, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Albano to Orange, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 83 miles [133.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,981 miles [9,625.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,686 miles [10,760.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,563 miles [7,343.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Albano 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Albano) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Albano 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 Albano. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2074, Longitude: -78.3042 In this case, the coordinates for Albano have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.674 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.226 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.502 degrees. |
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