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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 Foneswood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Foneswood 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 Foneswood:
- 38.104854, -76.901079
- 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 Foneswood
- 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 Richmond County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- Since Foneswood is near Westmoreland County and also Essex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex 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 Foneswood
Communities Also Named Foneswood ...
We found one communities that are also named Foneswood.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Foneswood.
Beyond Virginia.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Westmoreland 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 Virginia community of Foneswood [Westmoreland County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Foneswood ...
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.
- Chance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chance is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
- China Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- China Hill is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Hill
- Farmers Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Fork is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Fork
- Flat Iron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Flat Iron is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Iron
- Germans Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Germans Corner is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans Corner
- Harts ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harts is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts
- Havelock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Havelock is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
- Lukes Island ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lukes Island is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lukes Island
- Newland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Newland is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Row
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Row is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Row
How Far From Foneswood 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 Foneswood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Foneswood and extending to:
- Warsaw, which is the Seat of Richmond County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Foneswood to Warsaw, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 48 miles [77.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 55 miles [88.5 km] to the north (N). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,925 miles [9,535.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,626 miles [10,663.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,505 miles [7,250.1 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 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 Foneswood 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Foneswood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Foneswood 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 Foneswood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1049, Longitude: -76.9011 In this case, the coordinates for Foneswood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.858 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.281 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.96 degrees. |
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