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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 Claytonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Claytonville 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 Claytonville:
    • 39.091495, -78.021664
    • 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 Claytonville
  • 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 Clarke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
    • Since Claytonville is near Frederick County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Claytonville

Communities Also Named Claytonville ...

We found five communities that are also named Claytonville.

Within Virginia, the name Claytonville is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Iroquois County
      • This Claytonville is located in Iroquois County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Claytonville that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iroquois County community of Claytonville.
    • Kansas
      • Brown County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Brown County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Claytonville.
    • Missouri
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Claytonville [Clay County].
    • Texas
      • Fisher County
      • This Claytonville is located in Fisher County and lies 1,332 miles [2,143.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Claytonville that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fisher County community of Claytonville.
      • Swisher County
      • This Claytonville is located in Swisher County and lies 1,339 miles [2,154.9 km] to the west of the Claytonville that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Swisher County community of Claytonville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Claytonville ...

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.

  • Berrys
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Berrys is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys
  • Care Free Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Care Free Acres is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Care Free Acres
  • Fisher Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fisher Hill is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Hill
  • Frogtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Frogtown is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
  • Lockes Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lockes Landing is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockes Landing
  • Lost Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lost Corner is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Corner
  • Mount Pleasant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Mountain Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain Lake is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
  • Paris Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Paris Heights is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Heights
  • Pyletown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Pyletown is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyletown
  • River Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • River Park is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Park
  • Rock Hall
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Rock Hall is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hall
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Rockcroft
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockcroft is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockcroft
    • Top Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Top Hill is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top Hill
    • Treadwell
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Treadwell is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treadwell
    • Willow Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Willow Lake is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lake

How Far From Claytonville 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 Claytonville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Claytonville and extending to:

  • Berryville, which is the Seat of Clarke County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Claytonville to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 54 miles [86.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,931 miles [9,545 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,639 miles [10,684.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,515 miles [7,266.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Claytonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Claytonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Claytonville 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.
<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 Claytonville 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 Claytonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0915, Longitude: -78.0217       In this case, the coordinates for Claytonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.462 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.119 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.057 degrees.