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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 Covesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Covesville 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 Covesville:
- 37.890226, -78.704912
- 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 Covesville
- 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 Albemarle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albemarle County
- Since Covesville is near Nelson County and also Buckingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nelson 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 Covesville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Covesville ...
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.
- Arrowhead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arrowhead is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Bungletown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bungletown is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungletown
- Greenfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Heards
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Heards is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heards
- Martins Store
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Martins Store is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Store
- Moses Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Moses Crossing is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses Crossing
- Porters
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockfish
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Poplars
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Twin Poplars is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Poplars
How Far From Covesville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Covesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Covesville and extending to:
- Charlottesville, which is the Seat of Albemarle County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Covesville to Charlottesville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 113 miles [181.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,011 miles [9,673.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,716 miles [10,808.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,593 miles [7,391.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Covesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Covesville 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 Covesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8902, Longitude: -78.7049 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.924 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.463 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.781 degrees. |
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