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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 Deltaville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deltaville 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 Deltaville:
- 37.554857, -76.336888
- 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 Deltaville
- 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Since Deltaville is near Mathews County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mathews County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 Deltaville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Deltaville ...
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.
- Bushy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bushy is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy
- Cricket Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cricket Hill is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket Hill
- Dixie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Free Shade Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Free Shade Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Shade Corner
- Hardyville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hartfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Redart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Redart is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redart
- Regent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Regent is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regent
- Sandy Bottom ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sandy Bottom is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Soles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Soles is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soles
- Stampers
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stampers is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampers
- Stingray Point
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stingray Point is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stingray Point
- Wake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wake is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
How Far From Deltaville 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 Deltaville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Deltaville and extending to:
- Saluda, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Deltaville to Saluda, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 100 miles [160.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,924 miles [9,533.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,621 miles [10,655.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,501 miles [7,243.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Deltaville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Deltaville 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 Deltaville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5549, Longitude: -76.3369 In this case, the coordinates for Deltaville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.564 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.862 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.94 degrees. |
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