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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 Callao, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Callao 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 Callao:
    • 37.969298, -76.559677
    • 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 Callao
  • 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 Callao ...

We found three communities that share the name Callao.

Within Virginia, the name Callao is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Callao [Washington County].
    • Missouri
      • Macon County
      • This Callao is located in Macon County and lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Callao that is located in Northumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Callao.
    • Utah
      • Juab County
      • This Callao is located in Juab County and lies 1,985 miles [3,194.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Callao that is located in Northumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juab County community of Callao.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Callao ...

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.

  • Acorn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Acorn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
    • Acorn is located in Westmoreland County
  • Bundick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bundick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundick
    • Bundick is located in Northumberland County
  • Grays Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Corner
    • Grays Corner is located in Westmoreland County
  • Harryhogan
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harryhogan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harryhogan
    • Harryhogan is located in Northumberland County
  • Heathsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hogans Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hogans Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogans Hill
    • Hogans Hill is located in Westmoreland County
  • Hyacinth
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyacinth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyacinth
    • Hyacinth is located in Northumberland County
  • Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
    • Lake is located in Northumberland County
  • Lodge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lodge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge
    • Lodge is located in Northumberland County
  • Mulch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mulch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulch
    • Mulch is located in Richmond County
  • Rainswood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainswood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainswood
    • Rainswood is located in Northumberland County
  • Rich Neck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Neck
    • Rich Neck is located in Richmond County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Shady Harbor Shores
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Harbor Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Harbor Shores
      • Shady Harbor Shores is located in Westmoreland County
    • Slash
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slash have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slash
      • Slash is located in Northumberland County
    • Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village
      • Village is located in Northumberland County
    • Walnut Point ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Point
      • Walnut Point is located in Northumberland County

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

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

  • Heathsville, which is the Seat of Northumberland County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Callao 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 over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 69 miles [111 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,916 miles [9,520.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,495 miles [7,234 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Northumberland County: www.co.northumberland.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Callao 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.
<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- Callao) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Callao. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9693, Longitude: -76.5597       In this case, the coordinates for Callao have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Callao 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 307.668 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.044 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.873 degrees.









 

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