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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 Chesterfield Court House, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chesterfield Court House and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Chesterfield Court House
- 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 Chesterfield Court House:
- 37.377094, -77.504986
- 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 Chesterfield Court House
- 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 Chesterfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
- Since Chesterfield Court House is near Richmond City and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond 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 Chesterfield Court House
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chesterfield Court House ...
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.
- Chester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chimney Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chimney Corner is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Corner
- Courthouse Green
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Courthouse Green is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courthouse Green
- Crescent Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent Park is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Park
- Edenshire
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Edenshire is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenshire
- Fairpines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fairpines is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairpines
- Five Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Five Forks is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Gay Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gay Farms is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Farms
- Grove Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grove Place is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Place
- Indian Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Springs is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Jean Court
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jean Court is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Court
- Kings Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kings Forest is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Land O'Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Land O'Pines is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land O'Pines
- Lost Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lost Forest is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Forest
- Pebble Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pebble Spring is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Spring
- Quail Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Quail Oaks is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Oaks
- Rolling Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rolling Hills is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
How Far From Chesterfield Court House 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 Chesterfield Court House to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chesterfield Court House and extending to:
- Chesterfield, which is the Seat of Chesterfield County, lies just to the West.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Chesterfield Court House to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 108 miles [173.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,982 miles [9,627.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,682 miles [10,753.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,561 miles [7,340.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chesterfield Court House) 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 Chesterfield Court House 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 Chesterfield Court House. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3771, Longitude: -77.5050 In this case, the coordinates for Chesterfield Court House have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.246 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.612 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.474 degrees. |
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