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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 Barboursville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barboursville 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 Barboursville:
- 38.172925, -78.282938
- 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 Barboursville
- 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Since Barboursville is near Albemarle County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albemarle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Barboursville
Communities Also Named Barboursville ...
We found one communities that are also named Barboursville.
Within Virginia, the name Barboursville is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Barboursville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- West Virginia
- Cabell County
- This Barboursville is located in Cabell County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the west of the Barboursville that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabell County community of Barboursville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barboursville ...
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.
- Camelot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Camelot is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Cash Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cash Corner is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Dawsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Foxwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Foxwood is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
- Gilbert
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gilbert Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gilbert Heights is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Heights
- Gordonsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Mills is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Uno
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Uno is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
How Far From Barboursville 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 Barboursville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Barboursville and extending to:
- Orange, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Barboursville to Orange, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 63 miles [101.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 83 miles [133.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,981 miles [9,625.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,686 miles [10,760.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,563 miles [7,343.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barboursville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Barboursville 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 Barboursville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1729, Longitude: -78.2829 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.663 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.209 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.505 degrees. |
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