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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 Fort Powhatan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Powhatan 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 Fort Powhatan:
- 37.270982, -77.079970
- 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 Fort Powhatan
- 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 Prince George County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George County
- Since Fort Powhatan is near Charles City County and also Surry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles City County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Surry 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 Fort Powhatan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Powhatan ...
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.
- Burrowsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Charles City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dunnmore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dunnmore is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnmore
- Freetown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Freetown is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Garysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Greenway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Lone Oak Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lone Oak Mill is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak Mill
- Merchants Hope ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Merchants Hope is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merchants Hope
- Rivers Edge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rivers Edge is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers Edge
- Willow Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Willow Hill is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Hill
How Far From Fort Powhatan 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 Fort Powhatan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fort Powhatan and extending to:
- Prince George, which is the Seat of Prince George County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Powhatan to Prince George, 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.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 112 miles [180.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 5,968 miles [9,604.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,666 miles [10,727.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,546 miles [7,316.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Powhatan) 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 Fort Powhatan 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 Fort Powhatan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2710, Longitude: -77.0800 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Powhatan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.006 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.322 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.343 degrees. |
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