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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 Craddockville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Craddockville 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 Craddockville:
    • 37.581799, -75.868821
    • 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 Craddockville
  • 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 Accomack County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Accomack County
    • Since Craddockville is near Northampton County and also Mathews County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mathews 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 Craddockville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Craddockville ...

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.

  • Bacon Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bacon Hill is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Hill
  • Boston
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Boston is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
  • Cats Bridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cats Bridge is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cats Bridge
  • Cedar View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cedar View is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar View
  • Clearview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Clearview is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Coal Kiln Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Coal Kiln Crossing is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Kiln Crossing
  • Jamesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jamesville is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
  • Mappsburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Mappsburg is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mappsburg
  • Middlesex
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Middlesex is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Old Neck Landing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Old Neck Landing is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Neck Landing
    • Painter
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Pennyville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pennyville is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennyville
    • Pleasant Cove Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasant Cove Village is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Cove Village
    • Savage Town
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Savage Town is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Town
    • Shields
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Shields is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Craddockville and extending to:

  • Accomac, which is the Seat of Accomack County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Craddockville to Accomac, with an average speed<3> 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 85 miles [136.8 km] to the west (W). 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 110 miles [177 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,903 miles [9,500 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,599 miles [10,620.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,479 miles [7,208.3 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- Craddockville) 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 Craddockville 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 Craddockville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5818, Longitude: -75.8688       In this case, the coordinates for Craddockville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.294 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.559 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.743 degrees.