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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 Haddonfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haddonfield 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 Haddonfield:
    • 37.153840, -82.602757
    • 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 Haddonfield
  • 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 Wise County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wise County
    • Since Haddonfield is near Letcher County and also Dickenson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Letcher County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dickenson 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 Haddonfield

Communities Also Named Haddonfield ...

We found one communities that are also named Haddonfield.

Within Virginia, the name Haddonfield is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Haddonfield in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Haddonfield [Camden County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Haddonfield ...

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.

  • Beefhide
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Beefhide is located in Letcher County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beefhide
  • Bottom Fork
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bottom Fork is located in Letcher County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bottom Fork
  • Bucklick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bucklick is located in Pike County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
  • Darwin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dewey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dewey is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
  • Flat Gap
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Flat Gap is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
  • Georges Fork
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Georges Fork is located in Dickenson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Fork
  • Haymond
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Haymond is located in Letcher County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymond
  • Hemphill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hugh
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hugh is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugh
  • Jenkins
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Lanes Store
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lanes Store is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Store
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Lick Fork
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Lick Fork is located in Letcher County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Fork
    • Longfork
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Longfork is located in Dickenson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfork
    • Neon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Neon Junction
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Neon Junction is located in Letcher County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neon Junction
    • Peaks Store
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Peaks Store is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaks Store
    • Potters Fork
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Potters Fork is located in Letcher County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Fork
    • Pound
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Short ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Short is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Haddonfield and extending to:

  • Wise, which is the Seat of Wise County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Haddonfield to Wise, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 284 miles [457.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 325 miles [523 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,207 miles [9,989.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,919 miles [11,135.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,795 miles [7,716.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Haddonfield 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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Haddonfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Haddonfield 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 Haddonfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1538, Longitude: -82.6028       In this case, the coordinates for Haddonfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.261 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.023 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.647 degrees.