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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 Horners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Horners 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 Horners:
- 38.112077, -76.946914
- 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 Horners
- 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 Westmoreland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Since Horners is near Richmond County and also Essex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex 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 Horners
Communities Also Named Horners ...
We found two communities that are also named Horners.
Within Virginia, the name Horners is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Marion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Horners [Marion County].
- North Carolina
- Moore County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Horners [Moore County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Horners ...
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.
- Chance
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chance is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
- China Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- China Hill is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Hill
- Flat Iron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Iron is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Iron
- Harts ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Harts is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts
- Iraville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Iraville is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iraville
- Leesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Lukes Island ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lukes Island is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lukes Island
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Newland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Newland is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Row
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Row is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Row
How Far From Horners 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 Horners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Horners and extending to:
- Montross, which is the Seat of Westmoreland County, lies just to the East.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Horners to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 54 miles [86.9 km] to the north (N). 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 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 6,628 miles [10,666.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,506 miles [7,251.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Horners 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Horners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Horners 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 Horners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1121, Longitude: -76.9469 In this case, the coordinates for Horners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.884 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.312 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.976 degrees. |
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