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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 Glenmore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenmore and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Glenmore:
    • 37.671609, -78.590225
    • 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 Glenmore
  • 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 Buckingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buckingham County
    • Since Glenmore is near Albemarle County and also Nelson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Albemarle County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nelson 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 Glenmore

Communities Also Named Glenmore ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Glenmore.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Glenmore.

Beyond Virginia, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Albemarle County
      • This Glenmore is located in Albemarle County and lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Glenmore that is located in Buckingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Glenmore.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Glenmore lies 2,332 miles [3,753 km]<1> to the northwest of the Glenmore that is located in Buckingham County.
    • Georgia
      • Ware County
      • This Glenmore is located in Ware County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Glenmore that is located in Buckingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ware County community of Glenmore.
    • Kentucky
      • Warren County
      • This Glenmore is located in Warren County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the west of the Glenmore that is located in Buckingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Glenmore.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Glenmore is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 873 miles [1,405 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Glenmore that is located in Buckingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Glenmore.
      • Iberville Parish
      • This Glenmore is located in Iberville Parish and lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km] to the west southwest of the Glenmore that is located in Buckingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberville Parish community of Glenmore.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Glenmore is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Glenmore that is located in Buckingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Glenmore.
    • New York
      • Essex County
      • This Glenmore is located in Essex County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Glenmore that is located in Buckingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Glenmore.
      • Oneida County
      • This Glenmore is located in Oneida County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km] to the north northeast of the Glenmore that is located in Buckingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Glenmore.
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Glenmore [Johnston County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Glenmore.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Hamilton County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Glenmore.
      • Van Wert County
      • This Glenmore is located in Van Wert County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Glenmore that is located in Buckingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Wert County community of Glenmore.
    • Ontario
      • This Glenmore lies 511 miles [822.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Glenmore that is located in Buckingham County.
    • West Virginia
      • Randolph County
      • This Glenmore is located in Randolph County and lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Glenmore that is located in Buckingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Glenmore.
    • Wisconsin
      • Brown County
      • This Glenmore is located in Brown County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Glenmore that is located in Buckingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Glenmore.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenmore ...

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.

  • Alpha
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Alpha is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Boiling Spring
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Boiling Spring is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
  • Gold Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Grays Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Grays Corner is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Corner
  • Hardware
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hardware is located in Fluvanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardware
  • Howardsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Howardsville is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
  • Moses Crossing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Moses Crossing is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses Crossing
  • Porters
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Red Apple Orchard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Red Apple Orchard is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Apple Orchard
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rockfish
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Slate Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Slate Hill is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
    • Stony Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Sunny Side
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Sunny Side is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
    • Toga
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Woods Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Woods Corner is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corner

How Far From Glenmore 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 Glenmore to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glenmore and extending to:

  • Buckingham, which is the Seat of Buckingham County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Glenmore to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 119 miles [191.5 km] to the northeast (NE). 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,016 miles [9,681.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,720 miles [10,814.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,597 miles [7,398.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Glenmore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Glenmore 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.
<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 Glenmore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Glenmore 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 Glenmore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6716, Longitude: -78.5902       In this case, the coordinates for Glenmore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.865 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.363 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.811 degrees.