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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 Colleen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colleen and the surrounding area.
- 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 Colleen:
- 37.709274, -78.931263
- 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 Colleen
- 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 Nelson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nelson County
- Since Colleen is near Amherst County and also Buckingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amherst County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buckingham 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 Colleen
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colleen ...
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.
- Freshwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Freshwater is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freshwater
- Kingswood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kingswood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
- Lakeview Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Lanes Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lanes Ford is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Ford
- Piney River
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Piney River is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney River
- Poplar Flats
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Poplar Flats is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Flats
- Roseland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roses Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Roses Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Mill
- Shady Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shady Lane is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Shipman
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Colleen 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 Colleen to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Colleen and extending to:
- Lovingston, which is the Seat of Nelson County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Colleen to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 131 miles [210.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,029 miles [9,702.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,733 miles [10,835.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,611 miles [7,420.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Colleen) 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 Colleen 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 Colleen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7093, Longitude: -78.9313 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.064 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.595 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.938 degrees. |
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