Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hansonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hansonville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hansonville
- 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 Hansonville:
- 36.823996, -82.146245
- 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 Hansonville
- 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 Russell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Russell County
- Since Hansonville is near Washington County and also Letcher County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- eBird sighting report for Letcher 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 Hansonville ...
We found two communities that share the name Hansonville.
Within Virginia, the name Hansonville is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Yuba 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 California community of Hansonville [Yuba County].
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- This Hansonville is located in Frederick County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Hansonville that is located in Russell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Hansonville.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hansonville ...
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.
- Bolton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Craigs Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs Mill
- Craigs Mill is located in Washington County
- Jessees Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jessees Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessees Mill
- Jessees Mill is located in Russell County
- Masons Store ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masons Store have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Store
- Masons Store is located in Russell County
- Parsonage
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Pondtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Rocktown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Slabtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Spring City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Spring City is located in Russell County
- Stone Bruise
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone Bruise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bruise
- Stone Bruise is located in Russell County
- Willow Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Willow Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Willow Springs is located in Russell County
How Far From Hansonville 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 Hansonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hansonville and extending to:
- Lebanon, which is the Seat of Russell County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Hansonville to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 313 miles [503.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,203 miles [9,982.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,789 miles [7,707.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hansonville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 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 Hansonville 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hansonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hansonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8240, Longitude: -82.1462 In this case, the coordinates for Hansonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Hansonville 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 310.987 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.662 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.554 degrees. |