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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Glenmore
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Albemarle County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Glenmore ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Glenmore.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Glenmore.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout 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 ...
- 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
- Kentucky
- 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
- 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
- Nova Scotia
- 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
- Wisconsin
- British Columbia
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) - Boiling Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boiling Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
- Boiling Spring is located in Albemarle County
- Gold Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Grays Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Corner
- Grays Corner is located in Buckingham County
- Hardware
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Howardsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
- Howardsville is located in Albemarle County
- Moses Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moses Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses Crossing
- Moses Crossing is located in Nelson County
- Porters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Red Apple Orchard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Apple Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Apple Orchard
- Red Apple Orchard is located in Nelson County
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- Rockfish
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Slate Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slate Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
- Slate Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Stony Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Sunny Side
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Side have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Sunny Side is located in Buckingham County
- Toga
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Woods Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corner
- Woods Corner is located in Buckingham County
- Rockfish
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<5> 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<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,597 miles [7,398.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glenmore. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Glenmore) to Point B.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). |
| <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 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 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Glenmore to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.865 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.363 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.811 degrees. |