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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 Friend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Friend 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 Friend:
- 37.241816, -77.321368
- 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 Friend
- 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 Friend is near Hopewell City and also Petersburg City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hopewell City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Petersburg City
- 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 Friend
Communities Also Named Friend ...
We found six communities that are also named Friend.
Within Virginia, the name Friend is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Friend [Arapahoe County].
- Kansas
- Finney County
- This Friend is located in Finney County and lies 1,286 miles [2,069.6 km]<2> to the west of the Friend that is located in Prince George County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Finney County community of Friend.
- Scott 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 Kansas community of Friend [Scott County].
- Nebraska
- Saline County
- This Friend is located in Saline County and lies 1,095 miles [1,762.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Friend that is located in Prince George County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Friend.
- New York
- Yates County
- This Friend is located in Yates County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<2> to the north of the Friend that is located in Prince George County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yates County community of Friend.
- Oregon
- Wasco County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Friend [Wasco County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Friend ...
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.
- Camelot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Camelot is located in Petersburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Cedar Level
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar Level is located in Hopewell City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Level
- College Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- College Park is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- Duck Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Duck Woods is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Woods
- Field Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Field Crossing is located in Petersburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Crossing
- Five Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Five Forks is located in Hopewell City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Heights is located in Petersburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heights
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Colonial Heights City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Merchants Hope ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Merchants Hope is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merchants Hope
- Pine Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Gardens is located in Petersburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gardens
- Pocahontas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pocahontas is located in Petersburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Prince George
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ramblewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ramblewood is located in Petersburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Screamersville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Screamersville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamersville
- Walnut Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Hill is located in Petersburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Woodlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Colonial Heights City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Friend to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Friend to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Friend once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Friend and extending to:
- Prince George, which is the Seat of Prince George County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Friend to Richmond, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 115 miles [185.1 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,980 miles [9,623.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,678 miles [10,747.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,558 miles [7,335.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Friend 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Friend) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Friend, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Friend 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 Friend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2418, Longitude: -77.3214 In this case, the coordinates for Friend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.146 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.478 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.45 degrees. |
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