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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 Crestwood:
36.765426, -76.285773
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.
We found 32 communities that share the name Crestwood.
There are three communities within Virginia that are also named Crestwood.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Crestwood [Fairfax County].
Roanoke County
This Crestwood is located in Roanoke County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Crestwood.
Stafford County
This Crestwood is located in Stafford County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<2> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Crestwood.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Madison 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 Alabama community of Crestwood [Madison County].
Tuscaloosa County
This Crestwood is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Crestwood.
Arkansas
Lonoke County
This Crestwood is located in Lonoke County and lies 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Crestwood.
Georgia
Worth County
This Crestwood is located in Worth County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worth County community of Crestwood.
Illinois
Cook County
This Crestwood is located in Cook County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Crestwood.
Williamson County
This Crestwood is located in Williamson County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Crestwood.
Indiana
Allen County
This Crestwood is located in Allen County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<2> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Crestwood.
Iowa
Linn 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 Iowa community of Crestwood [Linn County].
Polk County
This Crestwood is located in Polk County and lies 988 miles [1,590 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Crestwood.
Kentucky
Fayette County
This Crestwood is located in Fayette County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Crestwood.
Franklin 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 Kentucky community of Crestwood [Franklin County].
Oldham County
This Crestwood is located in Oldham County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oldham County community of Crestwood.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Crestwood is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<2> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Crestwood.
Calvert County
This Crestwood is located in Calvert County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Crestwood.
Wicomico County
This Crestwood is located in Wicomico County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km] to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Crestwood.
Missouri
Saint Louis County
This Crestwood is located in Saint Louis County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Crestwood.
New York
Westchester County
This Crestwood is located in Westchester County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<2> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Crestwood.
North Carolina
Alamance County
This Crestwood is located in Alamance County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Crestwood.
Henderson County
This Crestwood is located in Henderson County and lies 361 miles [581 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Crestwood.
Pennsylvania
Berks County
This Crestwood is located in Berks County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<2> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Crestwood.
Lackawanna County
This Crestwood is located in Lackawanna County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Crestwood.
Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania community of Crestwood [Luzerne County].
South Carolina
Dorchester County
This Crestwood is located in Dorchester County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Crestwood.
Tennessee
Roane County
This Crestwood is located in Roane County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Crestwood.
Rutherford County
This Crestwood is located in Rutherford County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Crestwood.
Texas
Ector 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 Texas community of Crestwood [Ector County].
Llano County
Although located in Llano County, we don't know the location within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Llano County community of Crestwood.
Utah
Davis County
This Crestwood is located in Davis County and lies 1,921 miles [3,091.5 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Crestwood.
Salt Lake County
This Crestwood is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,921 miles [3,091.5 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Crestwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crestwood ...
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.
Butts (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butts have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Crestwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crestwood and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Crestwood to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 152 miles [244.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,955 miles [9,583.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,649 miles [10,700.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,530 miles [7,290.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Crestwood 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Crestwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crestwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7654, Longitude: -76.2858 In this case, the coordinates for Crestwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
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.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Crestwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.578 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.758 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.216 degrees.