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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 Cricket Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cricket Hill 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 Cricket Hill:
- 37.483190, -76.309664
- 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 Cricket Hill
- 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 Mathews County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mathews County
- Since Cricket Hill is near Middlesex County and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester 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 Cricket Hill
Communities Also Named Cricket Hill ...
We found three communities that are also named Cricket Hill.
Within Virginia, the name Cricket Hill is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Cricket Hill is located in New Castle County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the north of the Cricket Hill that is located in Mathews County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Cricket Hill.
- Georgia
- Gwinnett County
- This Cricket Hill is located in Gwinnett County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cricket Hill that is located in Mathews County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Cricket Hill.
- Illinois
- Cook County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Cricket Hill [Cook County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cricket Hill ...
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.
- Deltaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dixie
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dixie is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Hardyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haven ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haven is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven
- Haven Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Haven Beach is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Beach
- Moon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Moon is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Redart
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Redart is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redart
- Sandy Bottom ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sandy Bottom is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Sarah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sarah is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah
- Stingray Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stingray Point is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stingray Point
- Tabernacle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
How Far From Cricket Hill 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 Cricket Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cricket Hill and extending to:
- Mathews, which is the Seat of Mathews County, lies just to the South.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Cricket Hill to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 105 miles [169 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,926 miles [9,537 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,623 miles [10,658.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,503 miles [7,246.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Cricket Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Cricket Hill 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 county. 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Cricket Hill 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 Cricket Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4832, Longitude: -76.3097 In this case, the coordinates for Cricket Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.552 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.838 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.957 degrees. |
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