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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 Gidsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gidsville 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 Gidsville:
- 37.694028, -79.107805
- 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 Gidsville
- 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 Amherst County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amherst County
- Since Gidsville is near Nelson County and also Rockbridge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nelson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockbridge 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 Gidsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gidsville ...
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.
- Fancy Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fancy Hill is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Forks of Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
- Kingswood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kingswood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
- Lanes Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lanes Ford is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Ford
- Monitor
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Piney River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Piney River is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney River
- Roseland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roses Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Roses Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Mill
- Shady Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shady Lane is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Willow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Willow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
How Far From Gidsville 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 Gidsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gidsville and extending to:
- Amherst, which is the Seat of Amherst County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Gidsville to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 139 miles [223.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,037 miles [9,715.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,742 miles [10,850.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,619 miles [7,433.6 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 '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- Gidsville) 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 Gidsville 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 Gidsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6940, Longitude: -79.1078 In this case, the coordinates for Gidsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.169 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.712 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.016 degrees. |
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