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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 Denaro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Denaro 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 Denaro:
- 37.245151, -77.984169
- 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 Denaro
- 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 Amelia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amelia County
- Since Denaro is near Nottoway County and also Dinwiddie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nottoway County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dinwiddie 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 Denaro
Curious and Interesting Names Near Denaro ...
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.
- Clays Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clays Corner is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Corner
- Crewe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fieldstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fieldstown is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstown
- Five Forks ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Five Forks is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Jennings Ordinary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jennings Ordinary is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Ordinary
- Jetersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Spainville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
How Far From Denaro 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 Denaro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Denaro and extending to:
- Amelia Court House, which is the Seat of Amelia County, lies just to the North.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Denaro to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 125 miles [201.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,008 miles [9,668.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,709 miles [10,797.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,587 miles [7,382.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Denaro) 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 Denaro 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 Denaro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2452, Longitude: -77.9842 In this case, the coordinates for Denaro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.529 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.915 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.715 degrees. |
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