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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 Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cape Junction 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 Junction:
    • 37.270138, -75.984099
    • 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 Junction
  • 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 Northampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
    • Since Cape Junction is near Mathews County and also Accomack County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mathews County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Accomack 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 Junction

Communities Also Named Cape Junction ...

We found one communities that are also named Cape Junction.

Within Virginia, the name Cape Junction is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Cape Junction in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Waldo 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 Maine community of Cape Junction [Waldo County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cape Junction ...

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.

  • Beverly
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Beverly is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
  • Cheapside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cheapside is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
  • Cherrystone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cherrystone is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrystone
  • Culls
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Culls is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culls
  • Little Salisbury
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Salisbury is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Salisbury
  • Oyster
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Oyster is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster
  • Pat Town
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pat Town is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pat Town
  • Red Bank
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Red Bank is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
  • Seaview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Seaview is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaview
  • Stumptown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Stumptown is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown

How Far From Cape Junction 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 Cape Junction 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 Junction and extending to:

  • Eastville, which is the Seat of Northampton County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Cape Junction to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 126 miles [202.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,921 miles [9,528.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,497 miles [7,237.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Cape Junction 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cape Junction) 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 Junction 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 Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2701, Longitude: -75.9841       In this case, the coordinates for Cape Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.379 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.607 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.908 degrees.