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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 Dutch Gap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dutch Gap 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 Dutch Gap:
- 37.359871, -77.415261
- 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 Dutch Gap
- 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 Chesterfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
- Since Dutch Gap is near Henrico County and also Colonial Heights City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henrico County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colonial Heights 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 Dutch Gap
Communities Also Named Dutch Gap ...
We found one communities that are also named Dutch Gap.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Dutch Gap.
Beyond Virginia.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Buckingham 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 Virginia community of Dutch Gap [Buckingham County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dutch Gap ...
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.
- Chester
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Chimney Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chimney Corner is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Corner
- Courthouse Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Courthouse Green is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courthouse Green
- Crescent Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent Park is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Park
- Edenshire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Edenshire is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenshire
- Gay Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gay Farms is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Farms
- Grove Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Grove Place is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Place
- Indian Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Springs is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Jean Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jean Court is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Court
- Locust Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Lost Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lost Forest is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Forest
- Mistwood Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mistwood Forest is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistwood Forest
- Quail Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Quail Oaks is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Oaks
- Screamersville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Screamersville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamersville
How Far From Dutch Gap 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 Dutch Gap to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dutch Gap and extending to:
- Chesterfield, which is the Seat of Chesterfield County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Dutch Gap to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 108 miles [173.8 km] to the north (N). 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 shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,979 miles [9,622.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,678 miles [10,747.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,557 miles [7,333.8 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 Dutch Gap 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' (or 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- Dutch Gap) 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 Dutch Gap 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 Dutch Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3599, Longitude: -77.4153 In this case, the coordinates for Dutch Gap have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.195 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.551 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.445 degrees. |
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