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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 Finneywood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Finneywood 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 Finneywood:
- 36.875097, -78.480333
- 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 Finneywood
- 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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mecklenburg County
- Since Finneywood is near Lunenburg County and also Charlotte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lunenburg County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlotte 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 Finneywood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Finneywood ...
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.
- Chase City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Five Forks
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Five Forks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Gregory Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gregory Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Corner
- Kells Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kells Corner is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kells Corner
- Kings Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Crossroads is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossroads
- Plantersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plantersville is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
- Pleasant Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Public Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Public Fork is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Public Fork
- Spanish Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spanish Grove is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Grove
How Far From Finneywood 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 Finneywood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Finneywood and extending to:
- Boydton, which is the Seat of Mecklenburg County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Finneywood to Boydton, with an average speed<3> 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 73 miles [117.5 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 160 miles [257.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,046 miles [9,730.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,746 miles [10,856.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,624 miles [7,441.6 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Finneywood) 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 Finneywood 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 Finneywood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8751, Longitude: -78.4803 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.83 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.203 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.043 degrees. |
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