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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 Boonesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boonesville 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 Boonesville:
- 38.236276, -78.598039
- 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 Boonesville
- 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 Albemarle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albemarle County
- Since Boonesville is near Greene County and also Rockingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham 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 Boonesville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boonesville ...
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.
- Chestnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crossroads is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Davis Shop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Davis Shop is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Shop
- Earlysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairgrove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairgrove is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairgrove
- Free Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Lydia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lydia is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Mallard Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mallard Lake is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Lake
- Mill Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Run is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Sandy Bottom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sandy Bottom is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Shady Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Williams Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Fork is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Fork
How Far From Boonesville 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 Boonesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Boonesville and extending to:
- Charlottesville, which is the Seat of Albemarle County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Boonesville to Charlottesville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 95 miles [152.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,992 miles [9,643.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,698 miles [10,779.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,575 miles [7,362.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boonesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Boonesville 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 Boonesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2363, Longitude: -78.5980 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.846 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.427 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.614 degrees. |
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