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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 Baileys, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Baileys 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 Baileys:
    • 37.386529, -76.462171
    • 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 Baileys
  • 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 Gloucester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester County
    • Since Baileys is near Mathews County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mathews County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Baileys

Communities Also Named Baileys ...

We found four communities that are also named Baileys.

Within Virginia, the name Baileys is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Knox 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 Kentucky community of Baileys [Knox County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore 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 Maryland community of Baileys [Baltimore County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Coos County
      • This Baileys is located in Coos County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Baileys that is located in Gloucester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Baileys.
    • North Carolina
      • Nash 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 North Carolina community of Baileys [Nash County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Baileys ...

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.

  • Clay Bank
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Clay Bank is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Bank
  • Crab
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Crab is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab
  • Dixie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Dixie is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Gum Fork
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Gum Fork is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Fork
  • Harbor Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Harbor Hills is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
  • Hermitage
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hermitage is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
  • Hermitage Banks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Hermitage Banks is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Banks
  • Hornets Nest
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hornets Nest is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornets Nest
  • Lands End
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lands End is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lands End
  • Marshall Heights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Marshall Heights is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
  • Money
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Money is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money
  • Ordinary
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Oyster Cove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Oyster Cove is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Cove
    • Point Lookout
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Point Lookout is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Lookout
    • Quiet Cove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Quiet Cove is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Cove
    • Rosewell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Rosewell is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewell
    • Rosewell Harbor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Rosewell Harbor is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewell Harbor
    • Sassafras
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Sassafras is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
    • Soles
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Soles is located in Mathews County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soles
    • Susan
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Susan is located in Mathews County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan
    • Valley Front ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Valley Front is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Front

How Far From Baileys 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 Baileys to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Gloucester, which is the Seat of Gloucester County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Baileys to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 108 miles [173.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 5,937 miles [9,554.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,633 miles [10,674.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,514 miles [7,264.6 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Baileys 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Baileys) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Baileys 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 Baileys. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3865, Longitude: -76.4622       In this case, the coordinates for Baileys have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.645 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.929 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.054 degrees.