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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 Hendersons Store, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hendersons Store 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 Hendersons Store:
- 37.743196, -78.998636
- 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 Hendersons Store
- 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 Nelson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nelson County
- Since Hendersons Store is near Amherst County and also Augusta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amherst County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Augusta 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 Hendersons Store
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hendersons Store ...
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.
- Freshwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Freshwater is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freshwater
- Kingswood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kingswood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
- Lanes Ford
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lanes Ford is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Ford
- Piney River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Piney River is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney River
- Poplar Flats
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Poplar Flats is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Flats
- Roseland
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Roses Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Roses Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Mill
- Shady Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Lane is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
How Far From Hendersons Store 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 Hendersons Store to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hendersons Store and extending to:
- Lovingston, which is the Seat of Nelson County, lies just to the East.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Hendersons Store to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 132 miles [212.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,030 miles [9,704.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,735 miles [10,838.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,612 miles [7,422.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hendersons Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hendersons Store 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 Hendersons Store. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7432, Longitude: -78.9986 In this case, the coordinates for Hendersons Store have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.103 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.644 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.954 degrees. |
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