Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Clay Bank, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clay Bank and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Clay Bank
- 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 Clay Bank:
- 37.351187, -76.606364
- 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 Clay Bank
- 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 Gloucester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Gloucester County
- Since Clay Bank is near York County and also James City County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for York County
- eBird sighting report for James City 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
Communities Also Named Clay Bank ...
We found two communities that share the name Clay Bank.
Within Virginia, the name Clay Bank is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Ontario
- This Clay Bank lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<2> to the north of the Clay Bank that is located in Gloucester County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clay Bank ...
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.
- Allmondsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allmondsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allmondsville
- Allmondsville is located in Gloucester County
- Gum Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Hermitage
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Hermitage Banks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermitage Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Banks
- Hermitage Banks is located in Gloucester County
- Porta Bello
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porta Bello have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porta Bello
- Porta Bello is located in York County
- Rosewell
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Rosewell Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosewell Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewell Harbor
- Rosewell Harbor is located in Gloucester County
- Sassafras
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Valley Front ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Front have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Front
- Valley Front is located in Gloucester County
How Far From Clay Bank 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 Clay Bank to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clay Bank and extending to:
- Gloucester, which is the Seat of Gloucester County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Clay Bank to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 109 miles [175.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,944 miles [9,565.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,641 miles [10,687.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,521 miles [7,275.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Clay Bank. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Gloucester County: www.co.gloucester.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Clay Bank 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' (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- Clay Bank) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clay Bank. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3512, Longitude: -76.6064 In this case, the coordinates for Clay Bank have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Clay Bank to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.73 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.02 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.124 degrees. |