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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 Gum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gum 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 Gum:
- 36.635151, -77.082465
- 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 Gum
- 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 Southampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Southampton County
- Since Gum is near Hertford County and also Franklin City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hertford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin City
- 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 Gum
Communities Also Named Gum ...
We found four communities that are also named Gum.
Within Virginia, the name Gum is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Santa Barbara County
- This Gum is located in Santa Barbara County and lies 2,415 miles [3,886.6 km]<1> to the west of the Gum that is located in Southampton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Barbara County community of Gum.
- Louisiana
- Rapides Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Gum [Rapides Parish].
- Tennessee
- Rutherford County
- This Gum is located in Rutherford County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the west of the Gum that is located in Southampton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Gum.
- Texas
- Wise 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 Texas community of Gum [Wise County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gum ...
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.
- Cross Keys
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cross Keys is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Delaware
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Delaware is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Delaware Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Delaware Park is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Park
- Druid ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Druid is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Druid
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hunterdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hunterdale is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunterdale
- Isaac
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Isaac is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaac
- Mill Neck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Neck is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Neck
- Pope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pope is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Sunbeam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunbeam is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Sweepstakes ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sweepstakes is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweepstakes
How Far From Gum 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 Gum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gum and extending to:
- Courtland, which is the Seat of Southampton County, lies just to the North.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Gum 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 156 miles [251.1 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,995 miles [9,648 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,690 miles [10,766.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,571 miles [7,356.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Gum) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Gum 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Gum 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 Gum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6352, Longitude: -77.0825 In this case, the coordinates for Gum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.037 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.261 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.574 degrees. |
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