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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 Goshen Cross Road, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Goshen Cross Road 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 Goshen Cross Road:
- 37.872363, -77.638877
- 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 Goshen Cross Road
- 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 Hanover County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hanover County
- Since Goshen Cross Road is near Louisa County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Louisa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline 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 Goshen Cross Road
Curious and Interesting Names Near Goshen Cross Road ...
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.
- Beaverdam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Coatesville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Coatesville is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatesville
- Holliday
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holliday is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Jones Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jones Corner is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Lone Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lone Oak is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Moodys Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Moodys Corner is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moodys Corner
- Oliver
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oliver is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Scotchtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scotchtown is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
How Far From Goshen Cross Road to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Goshen Cross Road to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Goshen Cross Road and extending to:
- Hanover, which is the Seat of Hanover County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Goshen Cross Road to Hanover, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 25 miles [40.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 77 miles [123.9 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 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,967 miles [9,603 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,669 miles [10,732.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,547 miles [7,317.7 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Goshen Cross Road) 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 Goshen Cross Road 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 Goshen Cross Road. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8724, Longitude: -77.6389 In this case, the coordinates for Goshen Cross Road have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.30 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.749 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.349 degrees. |
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