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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 Ampt Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ampt Hill 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 Ampt Hill:
- 37.451763, -77.445414
- 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 Ampt Hill
- 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 Chesterfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
- Since Ampt Hill is near Richmond City and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond 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 Ampt Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ampt Hill ...
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 Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Farm is located in Richmond City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Farm
- Cherry Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chimney Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chimney Corner is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Corner
- Crescent Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crescent Park is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Park
- Fairpines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fairpines is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairpines
- Fawnbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fawnbrook is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawnbrook
- Indian Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Springs is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Jean Court
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jean Court is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Court
- Kings Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Forest is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
- Land O'Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Land O'Pines is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land O'Pines
- Lost Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lost Forest is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Forest
- Lower Rocketts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Rocketts is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Rocketts
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Pebble Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pebble Spring is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Spring
- Piney Knolls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Knolls is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Knolls
- Quail Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quail Oaks is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Oaks
- Woodland Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodland Park is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Ampt Hill 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 Ampt Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ampt Hill and extending to:
- Chesterfield, which is the Seat of Chesterfield County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies just to the north (N).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Ampt Hill to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,976 miles [9,617.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,676 miles [10,744 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,555 miles [7,330.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Ampt Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Ampt Hill 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 Ampt Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4518, Longitude: -77.4454 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.208 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.58 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.423 degrees. |
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