Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Covington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Covington and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Covington
- 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 Covington:
- 37.793459, -79.993946
- 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 Covington
- 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 Covington ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Covington.
There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Covington.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Alleghany County
- Goochland County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Washington County
- This Covington is located in Washington County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<2> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Covington.
- Wayne County
- This Covington is located in Wayne County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km] to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Covington.
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Riley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Covington [Riley County].
- Saline County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Covington [Saline County].
- Smith County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Covington [Smith County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New York
- North Carolina
- Caswell County
- This Covington is located in Caswell County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the south southeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caswell County community of Covington.
- Richmond County
- This Covington is located in Richmond County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km] to the south.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Covington.
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Covington ...
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.
- Backbone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Boiling Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boiling Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
- Boiling Spring is located in Alleghany County
- Fairlawn
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Falling Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falling Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Falling Spring is located in Alleghany County
- Hooks Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hooks Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Mill
- Hooks Mill is located in Alleghany County
- Moss Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Run
- Moss Run is located in Alleghany County
- Rich Patch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Patch
- Rich Patch is located in Alleghany County
- Rich Patch Mines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Patch Mines have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Patch Mines
- Rich Patch Mines is located in Alleghany County
- Stonewall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
How Far From Covington 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 city such as Covington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Covington and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Covington to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 177 miles [284.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,070 miles [9,768.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,778 miles [10,908.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,654 miles [7,489.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Covington: www.covington.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 Covington 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 . 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Covington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Covington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7935, Longitude: -79.9939 In this case, the coordinates for Covington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Covington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Covington to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.69 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.322 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.35 degrees. |