Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Darlington Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Darlington Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Darlington Heights
- 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 Darlington Heights:
- 37.199937, -78.604433
- 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 Darlington Heights
- 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 Prince Edward County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Prince Edward County
- Since Darlington Heights is near Charlotte County and also Appomattox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Charlotte County
- eBird sighting report for Appomattox 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Darlington Heights ...
We found two communities that share the name Darlington Heights.
Within Virginia, the name Darlington Heights is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Jersey
- Burlington 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 New Jersey community of Darlington Heights [Burlington County].
- Tennessee
- Sullivan County
- This Darlington Heights is located in Sullivan County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<2> to the west of the Darlington Heights that is located in Prince Edward County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Darlington Heights.
- New Jersey
Curious and Interesting Names Near Darlington Heights ...
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.
- Blake Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- County Line Cross Roads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for County Line Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Cross Roads
- County Line Cross Roads is located in Charlotte County
- Elam
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Eureka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Five Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Flood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Henry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Hixburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Kingsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Kingsville is located in Prince Edward County
- Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prospect have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Prospect is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prospect <4>
- Rough Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Shields
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Tuggle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
How Far From Darlington Heights to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Darlington Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Darlington Heights and extending to:
- Farmville, which is the Seat of Prince Edward County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Darlington Heights to Farmville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 68 miles [109.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 144 miles [231.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,037 miles [9,715.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,739 miles [10,845.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,617 miles [7,430.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Darlington Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Prince Edward County: www.co.prince-edward.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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Darlington Heights 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Darlington Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Darlington Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1999, Longitude: -78.6044 |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Darlington Heights 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 308.891 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.321 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.981 degrees. |