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Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Beverly Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beverly Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Beverly Park:
    • 36.639027, -79.398635
    • 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 Beverly Park
  • 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 Beverly Park

Communities Also Named Beverly Park ...

We found three communities that are also named Beverly Park.

Within Virginia, the name Beverly Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Beverly Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Beverly Park.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Beverly Park is located in King County and lies 2,291 miles [3,687 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Beverly Park.
      • Snohomish 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 Washington community of Beverly Park [Snohomish County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beverly Park ...

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.

  • Beaver Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Beaver Park is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
  • Danville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Dundee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Dundee is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
  • Green Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Acres is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Lumpkin Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lumpkin Forest is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin Forest
  • Major Court
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Major Court is located in Danville City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Major Court
  • Mount Cross
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
  • New Design
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • New Design is located in Danville City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Design
  • Olde Hunting Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Olde Hunting Hills is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olde Hunting Hills
  • Pine Crest
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Pine Crest is located in Danville City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
  • Sandy Shores
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy Shores is located in Danville City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Shores
  • Virginia Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Virginia Hills is located in Danville City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Hills
  • Woodlake Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Woodlake Park is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake Park

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

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

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Beverly Park to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 202 miles [325.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,095 miles [9,809 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beverly Park) 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 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 Beverly Park 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.
<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 Beverly Park 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 Beverly Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6390, Longitude: -79.3986       In this case, the coordinates for Beverly Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.369 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.784 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.49 degrees.