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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 Gayton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gayton 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 Gayton:
- 37.637090, -77.634156
- 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 Gayton
- 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 Henrico County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henrico County
- Since Gayton is near Goochland County and also Hanover County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Goochland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hanover 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 Gayton
Communities Also Named Gayton ...
We found one communities that are also named Gayton.
Within Virginia, the name Gayton is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Gayton in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Dakota
- Emmons 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 North Dakota community of Gayton [Emmons County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gayton ...
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.
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Dover Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dover Run is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Run
- English Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- English Hills is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Hills
- Erin Shades
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Erin Shades is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Shades
- Goosepoint
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Goosepoint is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goosepoint
- Hermitage Hamlet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hermitage Hamlet is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hamlet
- Hickory Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Haven is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Haven
- Lorraine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lorraine is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Lower Tuckahoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lower Tuckahoe is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Tuckahoe
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pagebrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pagebrook is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagebrook
- Partridge Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Partridge Hills is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Hills
- Pickels
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pickels is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickels
- Shady Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Short Pump
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sycamore Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore Creek is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Creek
How Far From Gayton 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 Gayton 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<3> community of Gayton once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Gayton and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Gayton to Richmond, with an average speed<5> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 92 miles [148.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 6 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,977 miles [9,619 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 4,556 miles [7,332.2 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Gayton 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> | 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 Gayton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Gayton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Gayton 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 Gayton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6371, Longitude: -77.6342 In this case, the coordinates for Gayton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.309 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.723 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.432 degrees. |
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