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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 Esmont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Esmont 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 Esmont:
- 37.831185, -78.607209
- 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 Esmont
- 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 Albemarle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albemarle County
- Since Esmont is near Nelson County and also Buckingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nelson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buckingham 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 Esmont
Curious and Interesting Names Near Esmont ...
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.
- Boiling Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boiling Spring is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
- Bungletown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bungletown is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungletown
- Covesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Howardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Howardsville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
- Moses Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Moses Crossing is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses Crossing
- Porters
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rockfish
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stony Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
How Far From Esmont 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 community such as Esmont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Esmont and extending to:
- Charlottesville, which is the Seat of Albemarle County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Esmont to Charlottesville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 112 miles [180.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,010 miles [9,672.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,714 miles [10,805.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,591 miles [7,388.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Esmont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Esmont 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 Esmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8312, Longitude: -78.6072 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.869 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.391 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.761 degrees. |
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