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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 Barretts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barretts 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 Barretts:
- 37.576526, -76.443837
- 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 Barretts
- 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Since Barretts is near Lancaster County and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester 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 Barretts
Communities Also Named Barretts ...
We found five communities that are also named Barretts.
Within Virginia, the name Barretts is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Lowndes County
- This Barretts is located in Lowndes County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Barretts that is located in Middlesex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Barretts.
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- This Barretts is located in Aroostook County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Barretts that is located in Middlesex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Barretts.
- Massachusetts
- Hampshire County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Barretts [Hampshire County].
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- This Barretts is located in Saint Louis County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the west of the Barretts that is located in Middlesex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Barretts.
- Montana
- Beaverhead County
- This Barretts is located in Beaverhead County and lies 1,934 miles [3,112.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Barretts that is located in Middlesex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaverhead County community of Barretts.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barretts ...
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.
- Bushy
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bushy is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy
- Free Shade Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Free Shade Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Shade Corner
- Harmony Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Harmony Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village
- Hartfield
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Locust Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nohead Bottom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nohead Bottom is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nohead Bottom
- Piankatank Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Piankatank Shores is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piankatank Shores
- Regent
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Regent is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regent
- Stampers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stampers is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampers
- Topping
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wake is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
How Far From Barretts 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 Barretts to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Barretts and extending to:
- Saluda, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Barretts 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 96 miles [154.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,928 miles [9,540.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,625 miles [10,661.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,505 miles [7,250.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Barretts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Barretts 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. |
| <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 Barretts 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 Barretts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5765, Longitude: -76.4438 In this case, the coordinates for Barretts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.624 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.934 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.975 degrees. |
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