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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 Delila, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Delila 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 Delila:
- 36.584539, -79.140486
- 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 Delila
- 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 Halifax County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Halifax County
- Since Delila is near Person County and also Caswell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Person County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caswell 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 Delila
Communities Also Named Delila ...
We found one communities that are also named Delila.
Within Virginia, the name Delila is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Delila in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Ellsworth 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 Delila [Ellsworth County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Delila ...
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.
- Birch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Birch is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- Blanch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Chub Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chub Lake is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chub Lake
- Elmo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Green Acres
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Green Acres is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Harmony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jones
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marsailles ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marsailles is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsailles
- Mountain Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mountain Hill is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Pleasant Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Red Oak Hollow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Red Oak Hollow is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak Hollow
- Rogersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rogersville is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Terrys Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Terrys Corner is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Corner
How Far From Delila 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 Delila to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Delila and extending to:
- Halifax, which is the Seat of Halifax County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Delila to Halifax, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 196 miles [315.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,087 miles [9,796.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,787 miles [10,922.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,666 miles [7,509.2 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 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 Delila 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Delila) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Delila 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 Delila. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5845, Longitude: -79.1405 In this case, the coordinates for Delila have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.221 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.606 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.405 degrees. |
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