Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Booth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Booth and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Booth
- 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 Booth:
- 37.216535, -76.614399
- 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 Booth
- 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 James City County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for James City County
- Since Booth is near Newport News City and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Newport News City
- eBird sighting report for York 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Booth ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Booth.
Within Virginia, the name Booth is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Hardin County
- This Booth is located in Hardin County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<1> to the west of the Booth that is located in James City County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Booth.
- Wolfe County
- This Booth is located in Wolfe County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km] to the west of the Booth that is located in James City County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wolfe County community of Booth.
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Lucas County
- This Booth is located in Lucas County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Booth that is located in James City County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Booth.
- Tuscarawas County
- This Booth is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km] to the northwest of the Booth that is located in James City County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Booth.
- Ontario
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Booth ...
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.
- Blacksmith Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blacksmith Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksmith Corner
- Blacksmith Corner is located in York County
- Carp Circle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carp Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carp Circle
- Carp Circle is located in York County
- Charles Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charles Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Corner
- Charles Corner is located in York County
- Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Hickory Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Hickory Hill is located in York County
- Homewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - James Terrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for James Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Terrace
- James Terrace is located in James City County
- Kingspoint
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingspoint have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingspoint
- Kingspoint is located in James City County
- Lee Hall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Hall
- Lee Hall is located in Newport News City
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Merry Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merry Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Oaks
- Merry Oaks is located in Newport News City
- Patricia Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patricia Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricia Heights
- Patricia Heights is located in Newport News City
- Queens Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queens Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Lake
- Queens Lake is located in York County
- Queenswood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queenswood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenswood
- Queenswood is located in York County
- Sawmill Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawmill Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill Corner
- Sawmill Corner is located in James City County
- Woods Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Merry Oaks
How Far From Booth 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 Booth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Booth and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Booth to Richmond, with an average speed<5> 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 118 miles [189.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 5,950 miles [9,575.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,527 miles [7,285.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Booth. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for James City County: www.james-city.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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- Booth) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Booth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2165, Longitude: -76.6144 In this case, the coordinates for Booth 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 Booth 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 Booth, 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 Booth 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 307.742 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.013 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.178 degrees. |