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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 Boiling Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boiling Spring 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 Boiling Spring:
    • 37.780143, -78.587790
    • 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 Boiling Spring
  • 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 Boiling Spring ...

We found five communities that share the name Boiling Spring.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Boiling Spring.

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

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Alleghany County
      • This Boiling Spring is located in Alleghany County and lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the west of the Boiling Spring that is located in Albemarle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alleghany County community of Boiling Spring.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This Boiling Spring is located in Calhoun County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Boiling Spring that is located in Albemarle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Boiling Spring.
    • Kentucky
      • Warren 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 Kentucky community of Boiling Spring [Warren County].
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Boiling Spring.
    • South Carolina
      • Orangeburg County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Boiling Spring [Orangeburg County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boiling Spring ...

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.

  • Bungletown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bungletown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungletown
    • Bungletown is located in Albemarle County
  • Covesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
    • Covesville is located in Albemarle County
  • Grays Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Corner
    • Grays Corner is located in Buckingham County
  • Hardware
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardware have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardware
    • Hardware is located in Fluvanna County
  • Howardsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
    • Howardsville is located in Albemarle County
  • Moses Crossing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moses Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses Crossing
    • Moses Crossing is located in Nelson County
  • Porters
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
    • Porters is located in Albemarle County
  • Rockfish
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
    • Rockfish is located in Nelson County
  • Stony Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Stony Point is located in Albemarle County

How Far From Boiling Spring to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Boiling Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Charlottesville, which is the Seat of Albemarle County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Boiling Spring to Charlottesville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 114 miles [183.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,011 miles [9,673.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,715 miles [10,806.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,593 miles [7,391.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Albemarle County: www.albemarle.org/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boiling Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boiling Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7801, Longitude: -78.5878       In this case, the coordinates for Boiling Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Boiling Spring 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>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 Boiling Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Boiling Spring 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 308.86 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.373 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.771 degrees.




 

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