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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 Harriston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harriston 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 Harriston:
- 38.217353, -78.832247
- 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 Harriston
- 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 Augusta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Augusta County
- Since Harriston is near Rockingham County and also Albemarle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham 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 Harriston
Communities Also Named Harriston ...
We found five communities that are also named Harriston.
Within Virginia, the name Harriston is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Jefferson County
- This Harriston is located in Jefferson County and lies 821 miles [1,321.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Harriston that is located in Augusta County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Harriston.
- Missouri
- Cooper County
- This Harriston is located in Cooper County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<1> to the west of the Harriston that is located in Augusta County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cooper County community of Harriston.
- Nova Scotia
- This Harriston lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Harriston that is located in Augusta County.
- Ontario
- This Harriston lies 407 miles [655 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Harriston that is located in Augusta County.
- Washington
- Adams 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 Washington community of Harriston [Adams County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harriston ...
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.
- Damtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Damtown is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damtown
- Dooms
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dooms is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
- Fort Defiance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grottoes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hermitage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Knightly
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Knightly is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightly
- Madrid
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Madrid is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
- Red Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Mills is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Timber Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Timber Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
How Far From Harriston 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 Harriston to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harriston and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Harriston to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 107 miles [172.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,003 miles [9,660.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,709 miles [10,797.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,586 miles [7,380.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harriston) 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 Harriston 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 Harriston 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 Harriston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2174, Longitude: -78.8322 In this case, the coordinates for Harriston have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.986 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.583 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.718 degrees. |
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