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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).

When in Bayside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bayside 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 Bayside:
    • 36.902925, -76.134380
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Bayside
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Bayside ...

We found 25 communities that share the name Bayside.

There are three communities within Virginia that are also named Bayside.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, twenty are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Accomack County
      • This Bayside is located in Accomack County and lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the north northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Bayside.
    • Mathews County
      • This Bayside is located in Mathews County and lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the north northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mathews County community of Bayside.
    • Westmoreland County
      • This Bayside is located in Westmoreland County and lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the north northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Bayside.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Baldwin County
      • This Bayside is located in Baldwin County and lies 806 miles [1,297.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Bayside.
      • Morgan County
      • This Bayside is located in Morgan County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Bayside.
    • California
      • Humboldt County
      • This Bayside is located in Humboldt County and lies 2,558 miles [4,116.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Bayside.
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Fairfield County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Bayside.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Bayside is located in Hillsborough County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Bayside.
    • Maine
      • Hancock County
      • This Bayside is located in Hancock County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Bayside.
      • Waldo County
      • This Bayside is located in Waldo County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km] to the north northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Bayside.
    • Massachusetts
      • Plymouth County
      • This Bayside is located in Plymouth County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Bayside.
    • Michigan
      • Bay 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 Michigan community of Bayside [Bay County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Bayside lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km]<1> to the northeast.
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham County
      • This Bayside is located in Rockingham County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the north northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Bayside.
    • New York
      • Queens County
      • This Bayside is located in Queens County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the north northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Bayside.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • 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 Newfoundland and Labrador community of Bayside.
    • Nova Scotia
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Ontario
      • This Bayside lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<1> to the north.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Bayside lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km]<1> to the northeast.
    • Rhode Island
      • Kent County
      • This Bayside is located in Kent County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Bayside.
    • Tennessee
      • Roane County
      • This Bayside is located in Roane County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Bayside.
    • Texas
      • Cameron 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 Texas community of Bayside [Cameron County].
      • Refugio County
      • This Bayside is located in Refugio County and lies 1,365 miles [2,196.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Refugio County community of Bayside.
    • Vermont
      • Chittenden 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 Vermont community of Bayside [Chittenden County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Milwaukee County
      • This Bayside is located in Milwaukee County and lies 757 miles [1,218.3 km]<1> to the northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milwaukee County community of Bayside.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bayside ...

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.

  • Garden Wood Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Wood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Wood Park
    • Garden Wood Park is located in Virginia Beach City
  • Lake Shores
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shores
    • Lake Shores is located in Virginia Beach City
  • Lakeview Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
    • Lakeview Park is located in Virginia Beach City
  • Lakeview Shores
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Shores
    • Lakeview Shores is located in Virginia Beach City
  • Little Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
    • Little Creek is located in Virginia Beach City
  • Lynn Shores
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynn Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Shores
    • Lynn Shores is located in Virginia Beach City
  • Lynnhaven Shores
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynnhaven Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnhaven Shores
    • Lynnhaven Shores is located in Virginia Beach City
  • Ocean Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Park
    • Ocean Park is located in Virginia Beach City
  • Reedtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reedtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedtown
    • Reedtown is located in Virginia Beach City
  • Robbins Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robbins Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Corner
    • Robbins Corner is located in Virginia Beach City

How Far From Bayside to ...

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 Bayside to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Bayside to Richmond, with an average speed<5>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 146 miles [235 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,943 miles [9,564.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,636 miles [10,679.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,518 miles [7,271 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bayside. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bayside) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bayside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9029, Longitude: -76.1344       In this case, the coordinates for Bayside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Bayside, 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 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 Bayside 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>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 Bayside to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.485 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.672 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.106 degrees.









 

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