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36.834315, -76.186881
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We found 23 communities that are also named Arrowhead.
There are three communities within Virginia that are also named Arrowhead.
Beyond Virginia, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, 22 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Albemarle County
This Arrowhead is located in Albemarle County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Arrowhead.
Chesterfield County
This Arrowhead is located in Chesterfield County and lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Arrowhead.
Franklin County
This Arrowhead is located in Franklin County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Arrowhead.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Arrowhead is located in Jefferson County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Arrowhead.
Montgomery County
This Arrowhead is located in Montgomery County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Arrowhead.
British Columbia
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Arrowhead.
California
San Bernardino County
This Arrowhead is located in San Bernardino County and lies 2,300 miles [3,701.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Arrowhead.
Colorado
Larimer County
This Arrowhead is located in Larimer County and lies 1,568 miles [2,523.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Larimer County community of Arrowhead.
Illinois
Cook County
This Arrowhead is located in Cook County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Arrowhead.
DuPage County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Arrowhead [DuPage County].
McDonough County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Arrowhead [McDonough County].
Maryland
Frederick County
This Arrowhead is located in Frederick County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Arrowhead.
Howard County
This Arrowhead is located in Howard County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km] to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Arrowhead.
Missouri
Miller County
This Arrowhead is located in Miller County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miller County community of Arrowhead.
Nevada
Clark County
This Arrowhead is located in Clark County and lies 2,109 miles [3,394.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Arrowhead.
Lyon County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Lyon County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Arrowhead.
Nye County
This community is historic and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Arrowhead.
North Carolina
New Hanover County
This Arrowhead is located in New Hanover County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Arrowhead.
Orange County
This Arrowhead is located in Orange County and lies 169 miles [272 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Arrowhead.
Ohio
Carroll County
This Arrowhead is located in Carroll County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Arrowhead.
Tennessee
Knox County
This Arrowhead is located in Knox County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Arrowhead.
Washington
King County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Arrowhead [King County].
Pierce County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Arrowhead [Pierce County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arrowhead ...
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.
Chinese Corner (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
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 Arrowhead to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Arrowhead and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Arrowhead to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 149 miles [239.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,948 miles [9,572.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,641 miles [10,687.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Arrowhead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Arrowhead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Arrowhead 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 . 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.
<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 Arrowhead 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 Arrowhead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8343, Longitude: -76.1869 In this case, the coordinates for Arrowhead have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.518 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.70 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.152 degrees.