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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 Broad Axe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Broad Axe 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 Broad Axe:
- 38.035972, -78.659462
- 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 Broad Axe
- 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 Broad Axe is near Nelson County and also Charlottesville City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nelson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlottesville City
- 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 Broad Axe
Communities Also Named Broad Axe ...
We found one communities that are also named Broad Axe.
Within Virginia, the name Broad Axe is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Broad Axe in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County
- This Broad Axe is located in Montgomery County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the northeast of the Broad Axe that is located in Albemarle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Broad Axe.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Broad Axe ...
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.
- Freetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Freetown is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Ivy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ivy Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ivy Meadows is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Meadows
- Ivy Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ivy Oaks is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Oaks
- Ivy Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ivy Woods is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Woods
- Peacock Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Peacock Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock Hill
- Skyline Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Skyline Crest is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Crest
- Whispering Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Yancey Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Yancey Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey Mills
How Far From Broad Axe 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 Broad Axe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Broad Axe once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Broad Axe and extending to:
- Charlottesville, which is the Seat of Albemarle County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Broad Axe to Charlottesville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 106 miles [170.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,003 miles [9,660.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,708 miles [10,795.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,585 miles [7,378.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Broad Axe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Broad Axe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Broad Axe 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 Broad Axe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0360, Longitude: -78.6595 In this case, the coordinates for Broad Axe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.891 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.448 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.711 degrees. |
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