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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 Angola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Angola 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 Angola:
    • 37.401541, -78.239996
    • 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 Angola
  • 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Angola is near Amelia County and also Prince Edward County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Amelia County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince Edward 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 Angola

Communities Also Named Angola ...

We found eight communities that are also named Angola.

Within Virginia, the name Angola is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Sussex 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 Delaware community of Angola [Sussex County].
    • Indiana
      • Steuben County
      • This Angola is located in Steuben County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Angola that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Angola.
    • Kansas
      • Labette County
      • This Angola is located in Labette County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<2> to the west of the Angola that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Labette County community of Angola.
    • Louisiana
      • West Feliciana Parish
      • This Angola is located in West Feliciana Parish and lies 880 miles [1,416.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Angola that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the West Feliciana Parish community of Angola.
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • This Angola is located in Erie County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<2> to the north of the Angola that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Angola.
    • North Carolina
      • Onslow County
      • This Angola is located in Onslow County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<2> to the south of the Angola that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Angola.
    • Ohio
      • Clermont County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Clermont County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Angola.
      • Gallia County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Angola [Gallia County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Angola ...

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.

  • Cotton Town
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
  • Felixville ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Felixville is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felixville
  • Gills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Gills is located in Amelia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills
  • Guinea Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
  • Hawk
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hawk is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk
  • Hillcrest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hillcrest is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Jamestown ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jamestown is located in Prince Edward County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • Paineville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Paineville is located in Amelia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
  • Sunny Side
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunny Side is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side

How Far From Angola to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Angola to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Angola and extending to:

  • Cumberland, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the North.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Angola to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two 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 6,013 miles [9,677 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,714 miles [10,805.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,592 miles [7,390.1 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 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 Angola 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Angola) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Angola, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Angola 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 Angola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4015, Longitude: -78.2400       In this case, the coordinates for Angola have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.671 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.101 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.763 degrees.