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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 Albin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Albin 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 Albin:
- 39.219609, -78.198184
- 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 Albin
- 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 Frederick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Since Albin is near Winchester City and also Clarke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winchester City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke 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 Albin
Communities Also Named Albin ...
We found three communities that are also named Albin.
Within Virginia, the name Albin is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Brown 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 Minnesota community of Albin [Brown County].
- Mississippi
- Tallahatchie County
- This Albin is located in Tallahatchie County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Albin that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallahatchie County community of Albin.
- Wyoming
- Laramie County
- This Albin is located in Laramie County and lies 1,366 miles [2,198.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Albin that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laramie County community of Albin.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Albin ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chambersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chambersville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- College Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- College Park is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- Green Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Heritage Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Hill Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Crest is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Crest
- Indian Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Hollow is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hollow
- Indian Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Indian Lake is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake
- Rolling Fields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Fields is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Fields
- Round Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Round Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stonewall Orchard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stonewall Orchard is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Orchard
- Sunnyside
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Woodchuck Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodchuck Heights is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodchuck Heights
How Far From Albin 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 Albin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Albin and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Albin to Richmond, 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 66 miles [106.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,933 miles [9,548.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,642 miles [10,689.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,518 miles [7,271 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Albin 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> | 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- Albin) 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 Albin 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 Albin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2196, Longitude: -78.1982 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.56 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.25 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.085 degrees. |
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