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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 Honeyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Honeyville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Honeyville:
    • 38.670950, -78.805857
    • 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 Honeyville
  • 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 Honeyville ...

We found seven communities that share the name Honeyville.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Honeyville.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Page County
      • This Honeyville is located in Page County and lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Honeyville that is located in Rockingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Honeyville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Gulf County
      • This Honeyville is located in Gulf County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Honeyville that is located in Rockingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gulf County community of Honeyville.
    • Indiana
      • LaGrange County
      • This Honeyville is located in LaGrange County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Honeyville that is located in Rockingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Honeyville.
    • New York
      • Jefferson County
      • This Honeyville is located in Jefferson County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Honeyville that is located in Rockingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Honeyville.
    • Oklahoma
      • Grant 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 Oklahoma community of Honeyville [Grant County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clinton 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 Pennsylvania community of Honeyville [Clinton County].
    • Utah
      • Box Elder County
      • This Honeyville is located in Box Elder County and lies 1,756 miles [2,826 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Honeyville that is located in Rockingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Elder County community of Honeyville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Honeyville ...

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.

  • Forestville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
    • Forestville is located in Shenandoah County
  • Fulks Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulks Run
    • Fulks Run is located in Rockingham County
  • Georgetown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Georgetown is located in Shenandoah County
  • Locust Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Locust Grove is located in Shenandoah County
  • Mayland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
    • Mayland is located in Rockingham County
  • Mechanicsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
    • Mechanicsville is located in Rockingham County
  • Quicksburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quicksburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksburg
    • Quicksburg is located in Shenandoah County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quicksburg <4>
  • Tenth Legion
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tenth Legion have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenth Legion
    • Tenth Legion is located in Rockingham County
  • Timberville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Yankeetown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankeetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeetown
    • Yankeetown is located in Rockingham County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Honeyville and extending to:

  • Harrisonburg, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Honeyville to Harrisonburg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 96 miles [154.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,982 miles [9,627.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,690 miles [10,766.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,566 miles [7,348.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Honeyville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Rockingham County: www.co.rockingham.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Honeyville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Honeyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6709, Longitude: -78.8059       In this case, the coordinates for Honeyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Honeyville 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>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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Honeyville 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 308.95 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.611 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.545 degrees.




 

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