Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cinquoteck, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cinquoteck and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cinquoteck
- 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 Cinquoteck:
- 37.533478, -76.798295
- 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 Cinquoteck
- 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 William County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for King William County
- Since Cinquoteck is near King and Queen County and also New Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for King and Queen County
- eBird sighting report for New Kent 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cinquoteck ...
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.
- Coldwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Courthouse Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Courthouse Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courthouse Landing
- Courthouse Landing is located in King and Queen County
- Croaker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Holly Forks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Forks
- Holly Forks is located in New Kent County
- Little Plymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Plymouth
- Little Plymouth is located in King and Queen County
- Mascot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Owl Trap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Plain View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plain View. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Plain View is located in King and Queen County
- Plum Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Point
- Plum Point is located in New Kent County
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- Riverview Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Landing
- Riverview Landing is located in King William County
- Romancoke
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romancoke
- Romancoke is located in King William County
- Shanghai
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Slaterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slaterville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaterville
- Slaterville is located in New Kent County
- Snow Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Truhart
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Riverview Landing
How Far From Cinquoteck 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 Cinquoteck 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 Cinquoteck once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Cinquoteck and extending to:
- King William, which is the Seat of King William County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cinquoteck to King William, with an average speed<5> 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 34 miles [54.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 95 miles [152.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,945 miles [9,567.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,643 miles [10,690.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for King William County: www.co.king-william.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Cinquoteck, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cinquoteck) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cinquoteck. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5335, Longitude: -76.7983 In this case, the coordinates for Cinquoteck have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Cinquoteck 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 307.83 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.162 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.133 degrees. |