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 Crittenden:
36.910148, -76.496061
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 twelve communities that share the name Crittenden.
Within Virginia, the name Crittenden is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Pima 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 Arizona community of Crittenden [Pima County].
Santa Cruz County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Crittenden [Santa Cruz County].
Arkansas
Crittenden County
This Crittenden is located in Crittenden County and lies 786 miles [1,264.9 km]<3> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crittenden County community of Crittenden.
Indiana
Cass 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 Indiana community of Crittenden [Cass County].
Kansas
Allen 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 Crittenden [Allen County].
Butler 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 Crittenden [Butler County].
Kentucky
Grant County
This Crittenden is located in Grant County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<3> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Crittenden.
Missouri
Camden County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Crittenden [Camden County].
Daviess County
This community is historic and although located in Daviess County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Crittenden.
Morgan 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 Missouri community of Crittenden [Morgan County].
New York
Erie County
This Crittenden is located in Erie County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<3> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Crittenden.
Monroe County
This Crittenden is located in Monroe County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Crittenden.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crittenden ...
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.
Cedar Crest Hall (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Crest Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 community such as Crittenden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crittenden and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Crittenden to Richmond, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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 140 miles [225.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,958 miles [9,588.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,653 miles [10,707 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,534 miles [7,296.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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 Crittenden 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>
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 Crittenden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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- Crittenden) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crittenden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9101, Longitude: -76.4961 In this case, the coordinates for Crittenden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Crittenden 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 307.69 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.907 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.244 degrees.