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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 Eastville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eastville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Eastville:
    • 37.352947, -75.946068
    • 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 Eastville
  • 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 Northampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
    • Since Eastville is near Accomack County and also Mathews County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Accomack County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mathews 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 Eastville

Communities Also Named Eastville ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Eastville.

Within Virginia, the name Eastville is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, six are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

In addition to the above occurrences of Eastville, we know of three communities located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Oconee County
      • This Eastville is located in Oconee County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eastville that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Eastville.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Eastville [Penobscot County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Dukes County
      • This Eastville is located in Dukes County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the northeast of the Eastville that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dukes County community of Eastville.
      • Plymouth County
      • This Eastville is located in Plymouth County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km] to the northeast of the Eastville that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Eastville.
    • Missouri
      • Callaway County
      • This Eastville is located in Callaway County and lies 879 miles [1,414.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Eastville that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Callaway County community of Eastville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Eastville lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Eastville that is located in Northampton County.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Eastville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clinton County
      • This Eastville is located in Clinton County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Eastville that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Eastville.
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Australia
      • - Victoria
      • Distance: 10,249 miles [16,494.2 km]<1> to the west
      • Open a Google Map centered on Eastville
      • - Western Australia
      • Distance: 11,595 miles [18,660.3 km] to the west northwest
      • Open a Google Map centered on Eastville
    • England
      • Distance: 3,667 miles [5,901.5 km]<1> to the northeast
      • Open a Google Map centered on Eastville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eastville ...

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.

  • Beverly
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Beverly is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
  • Cherrystone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Harbour Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Harbour Point is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Point
  • James Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • James Crossroads is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Crossroads
  • Little Salisbury
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Little Salisbury is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Salisbury
  • Martins Siding
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Martins Siding is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Siding
  • Oyster
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Oyster is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster
  • Pat Town
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Pat Town is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pat Town
  • Reedtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Reedtown is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedtown
  • Shadyside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Shadyside is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
  • Solitude Trails
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Solitude Trails is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Trails
  • Stumptown
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Stumptown is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown

How Far From Eastville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Eastville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eastville and extending to:

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Eastville to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 122 miles [196.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,916 miles [9,520.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,611 miles [10,639.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,492 miles [7,229.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Eastville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Eastville 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.
<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 Eastville 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 Eastville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3529, Longitude: -75.9461       In this case, the coordinates for Eastville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.352 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.59 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.862 degrees.