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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 Cape Charlie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cape Charlie 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 Cape Charlie:
    • 37.784585, -77.095806
    • 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 Cape Charlie
  • 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 King and Queen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for King and Queen County
    • Since Cape Charlie is near King William County and also Essex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for King William County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Essex 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 Cape Charlie

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cape Charlie ...

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.

  • Daisy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Daisy is located in King and Queen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
  • Globe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Globe is located in King William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
  • Helmet
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Helmet is located in King and Queen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmet
  • Horse Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Horse Landing is located in King William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Landing
  • Horseshoe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Horseshoe is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
  • Indian Neck
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Indian Neck is located in King and Queen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Neck
  • Keith
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Keith is located in King William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
  • King William
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Locust Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Locust Grove is located in King and Queen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Millers Tavern
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Millers Tavern is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Tavern
    • Minor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Minor is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor
    • Pointers Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Pointers Landing is located in King William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers Landing
    • Poplar Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Poplar Landing is located in King William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Landing
    • Scotland Landing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Scotland Landing is located in King William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland Landing
    • Tuck Fork
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Tuck Fork is located in King William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuck Fork

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cape Charlie and extending to:

  • King and Queen Court House, which is the Seat of King and Queen County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cape Charlie to King and Queen Court House, 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 25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 76 miles [122.3 km] to the north (N). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,947 miles [9,570.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,526 miles [7,283.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cape Charlie) 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 Cape Charlie 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 Cape Charlie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7846, Longitude: -77.0958       In this case, the coordinates for Cape Charlie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.989 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.381 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.16 degrees.