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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Clarkdale:
37.072222, -76.301389
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.
We found seven communities that share the name Clarkdale.
Within Virginia, the name Clarkdale is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Madison County
This Clarkdale is located in Madison County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Clarkdale.
Arizona
Yavapai County
This Clarkdale is located in Yavapai County and lies 1,994 miles [3,209 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Clarkdale.
Arkansas
Crittenden County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Clarkdale [Crittenden County].
Georgia
Cobb County
This Clarkdale is located in Cobb County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Clarkdale.
Illinois
Cook County
This Clarkdale is located in Cook County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Clarkdale.
Iowa
Appanoose County
This Clarkdale is located in Appanoose County and lies 926 miles [1,490.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Appanoose County community of Clarkdale.
Nevada
Nye County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Clarkdale [Nye County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clarkdale ...
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.
Cedar Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Clarkdale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clarkdale and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Clarkdale to Richmond, with an average speed<5>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 three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 132 miles [212.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,943 miles [9,564.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,519 miles [7,272.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clarkdale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clarkdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0722, Longitude: -76.3014 In this case, the coordinates for Clarkdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Clarkdale 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 . 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.
<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 Clarkdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
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.
<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 Clarkdale 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 307.571 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.796 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.108 degrees.