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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 Amelia Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amelia Springs 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 Amelia Springs:
- 37.331540, -78.102222
- 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 Amelia Springs
- 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 Amelia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amelia County
- Since Amelia Springs is near Nottoway County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nottoway County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Amelia Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Amelia Springs ...
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.
- Felixville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Felixville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felixville
- Fieldstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldstown is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstown
- Five Forks ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Five Forks is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Gills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gills is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills
- Haw Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haw Branch is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haw Branch
- Jamestown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jennings Ordinary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jennings Ordinary is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Ordinary
- Jetersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Maplewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maplewood is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Mutt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mutt is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutt
- Paineville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Sunny Side
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sunny Side is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Tobaccoville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tobaccoville is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobaccoville
How Far From Amelia Springs 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 Amelia Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Amelia Springs once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Amelia Springs and extending to:
- Amelia Court House, which is the Seat of Amelia County, lies just to the East.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Amelia Springs to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 122 miles [196.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,010 miles [9,672.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,711 miles [10,800.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,589 miles [7,385.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Amelia Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Amelia Springs) 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 Amelia Springs 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 Amelia Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3315, Longitude: -78.1022 In this case, the coordinates for Amelia Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.594 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.002 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.732 degrees. |
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