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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 Davis Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Davis Mill 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 Davis Mill:
- 37.201746, -79.585868
- 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 Davis Mill
- 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 Bedford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Since Davis Mill is near Franklin County and also Bedford City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford City
- 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 Davis Mill
Communities Also Named Davis Mill ...
We found four communities that are also named Davis Mill.
Within Virginia, the name Davis Mill is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Worth County
- This Davis Mill is located in Worth County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Davis Mill that is located in Bedford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worth County community of Davis Mill.
- Missouri
- Barry County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Barry County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Davis Mill.
- New Brunswick
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Davis Mill.
- New Jersey
- Cumberland County
- This Davis Mill is located in Cumberland County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Davis Mill that is located in Bedford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Davis Mill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Davis Mill ...
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.
- Chestnut Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Fork is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Fork
- Diamond Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Diamond Hill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hill
- Dundee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dundee is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Fancy Grove ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fancy Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Grove
- Five Forks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Five Forks is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Flint Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Goodview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Isle of Pines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Isle of Pines is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Pines
- Joppa Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Otter Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Otter Hill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Hill
- Otter View ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Otter View is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter View
- Rocky Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
How Far From Davis Mill to ...
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 Davis Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Davis Mill and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Davis Mill to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 181 miles [291.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,079 miles [9,783.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,783 miles [10,916.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,660 miles [7,499.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Davis Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Davis Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Davis Mill 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. |
| <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 Davis Mill 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 Davis Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2017, Longitude: -79.5859 In this case, the coordinates for Davis Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.465 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.977 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.379 degrees. |
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