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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 Earls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Earls 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 Earls:
- 37.228545, -77.892348
- 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 Earls
- 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 Earls 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 Earls
Communities Also Named Earls ...
We found two communities that are also named Earls.
Within Virginia, the name Earls is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Wyoming 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 New York community of Earls [Wyoming County].
- Texas
- Parker County
- This Earls is located in Parker County and lies 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km]<2> to the west of the Earls that is located in Amelia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parker County community of Earls.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Earls ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clays Corner is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Corner
- Crewe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fieldstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fieldstown is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstown
- Five Forks ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Five Forks is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Goode Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Goode Crossing is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode Crossing
- Haw Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Haw Branch is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haw Branch
- Hebron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jennings Ordinary
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jennings Ordinary is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Ordinary
- Jetersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Maplewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Masons Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Skinquarter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Skinquarter is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinquarter
- Spainville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Earls 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 Earls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Earls and extending to:
- Amelia Court House, which is the Seat of Amelia County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Earls to Amelia Court House, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 33 miles [53.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 124 miles [199.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving 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 6,005 miles [9,664.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,705 miles [10,790.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,584 miles [7,377.2 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 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 Earls 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Earls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Earls 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 Earls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2285, Longitude: -77.8923 In this case, the coordinates for Earls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.476 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.853 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.683 degrees. |
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