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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 Haven, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haven 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 Haven:
    • 37.438191, -76.284386
    • 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 Haven
  • 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 Mathews County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mathews County
    • Since Haven is near Middlesex County and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester 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 Haven

Communities Also Named Haven ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Haven.

Within Virginia, the name Haven is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Plumas County
      • This Haven is located in Plumas County and lies 2,402 miles [3,865.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Haven that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plumas County community of Haven.
    • Indiana
      • Ripley 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 Indiana community of Haven [Ripley County].
    • Iowa
      • Tama County
      • This Haven is located in Tama County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Haven that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tama County community of Haven.
    • Kansas
      • Reno County
      • This Haven is located in Reno County and lies 1,172 miles [1,886.2 km]<1> to the west of the Haven that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reno County community of Haven.
    • Maine
      • Hancock County
      • This Haven is located in Hancock County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Haven that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Haven.
    • Minnesota
      • Sherburne 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 Minnesota community of Haven [Sherburne County].
    • Missouri
      • Greene County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Greene County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Haven.
    • New York
      • Sullivan County
      • This Haven is located in Sullivan County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Haven that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Haven.
    • Tennessee
      • Bedford 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 Tennessee community of Haven [Bedford County].
    • West Virginia
      • Doddridge 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 West Virginia community of Haven [Doddridge County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Sheboygan County
      • This Haven is located in Sheboygan County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<1> to the northwest of the Haven that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheboygan County community of Haven.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Haven ...

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.

  • Cricket Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cricket Hill is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket Hill
  • Haven Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Haven Beach is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Beach
  • Moon
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Moon is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
  • Redart
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Redart is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redart
  • Sarah
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Sarah is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah
  • Shadow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Shadow is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow
  • Susan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Susan is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan
  • Tabernacle
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Tabernacle is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
  • Winter Harbor Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Winter Harbor Haven is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Harbor Haven

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Haven once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Haven and extending to:

  • Mathews, which is the Seat of Mathews County, lies just to the West.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Haven 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 108 miles [173.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,927 miles [9,538.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,623 miles [10,658.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,503 miles [7,246.9 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- Haven) 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 Haven 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Haven, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Haven 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 Haven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4382, Longitude: -76.2844       In this case, the coordinates for Haven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.54 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.817 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.964 degrees.