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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 Courthouse Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Courthouse Landing 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 Courthouse Landing:
- 37.657920, -76.879687
- 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 Courthouse Landing
- 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 and Queen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for King and Queen County
- Since Courthouse Landing is near King William County and also New Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for King William County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Courthouse Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Courthouse Landing ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Coldwater is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Crouch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crouch is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
- Daisy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Daisy is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Dragonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dragonville is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dragonville
- Gordon Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon Landing is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Landing
- Horse Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Landing is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Landing
- King William
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- King and Queen Court House
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lanesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lanesville is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Little Plymouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Little Plymouth is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Plymouth
- Log Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Log Landing is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Landing
- Riverview Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview Landing is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Landing
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Romancoke
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Romancoke is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romancoke
- Scotland Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Scotland Landing is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland Landing
- Shanghai
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shanghai is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Stevensville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stevensville is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevensville
- Truhart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Truhart is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truhart
How Far From Courthouse Landing 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 Courthouse Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Courthouse Landing and extending to:
- King and Queen Court House, which is the Seat of King and Queen County, lies just to the North.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Courthouse Landing to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 86 miles [138.4 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,642 miles [10,689.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,521 miles [7,275.8 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 '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- Courthouse Landing) 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 Courthouse Landing 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 Courthouse Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6579, Longitude: -76.8797 In this case, the coordinates for Courthouse Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.87 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.227 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.119 degrees. |
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