Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Hardware, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hardware and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hardware

• 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 Hardware:
  • 37.742921, -78.405562
  • 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 Hardware

• 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 Fluvanna County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fluvanna County
  • Since Hardware is near Buckingham County and also Albemarle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Buckingham County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Albemarle 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 Hardware

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hardware ...

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.

• Boiling Spring
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Boiling Spring is located in Albemarle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
• Cloverdale
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Cloverdale is located in Fluvanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
• Dixie
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Dixie is located in Fluvanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
• Fork Union
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Fork Union is located in Fluvanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Union
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fork Union <1>
• Gold Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
• Kidds Store
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Kidds Store is located in Fluvanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidds Store
• Rockaway
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockaway is located in Fluvanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway
• Slate Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Slate Hill is located in Buckingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
• Stony Point
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
• Sunny Side
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Sunny Side is located in Buckingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hardware and extending to:

• Palmyra, which is the Seat of Fluvanna County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hardware to Palmyra, with an average speed<3> 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 54 miles [86.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 108 miles [173.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,005 miles [9,664.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,708 miles [10,795.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,586 miles [7,380.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'