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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 Erin Shades, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Erin Shades 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 Erin Shades:
- 37.647923, -77.590821
- 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 Erin Shades
- 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 Henrico County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henrico County
- Since Erin Shades is near Goochland County and also Hanover County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Goochland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hanover 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 Erin Shades
Curious and Interesting Names Near Erin Shades ...
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.
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- English Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- English Hills is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Hills
- Glen Allen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hermitage Hamlet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hermitage Hamlet is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hamlet
- Hickory Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hickory Haven is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Haven
- Laurel Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Laurel Park is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Lorraine
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lorraine is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Lower Tuckahoe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Tuckahoe is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Tuckahoe
- Mooreland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mooreland is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreland
- Pagebrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pagebrook is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagebrook
- Pickels
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pickels is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickels
- Quail Walk
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Quail Walk is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Walk
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Shady Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Short Pump
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sweet Briar Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sweet Briar Park is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Park
- Ziontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ziontown is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ziontown
How Far From Erin Shades 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 Erin Shades to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Erin Shades and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Erin Shades to Richmond, with an average speed<3> 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 91 miles [146.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,974 miles [9,614.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,675 miles [10,742.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,554 miles [7,329 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 '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- Erin Shades) 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 Erin Shades 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 Erin Shades. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6479, Longitude: -77.5908 In this case, the coordinates for Erin Shades have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.283 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.696 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.411 degrees. |
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