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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 Howardsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Howardsville 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 Howardsville:
    • 37.734588, -78.647236
    • 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 Howardsville
  • 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 Howardsville ...

We found seven communities that share the name Howardsville.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Loudoun County
      • This Howardsville is located in Loudoun County and lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Howardsville that is located in Albemarle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Howardsville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • San Juan County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Howardsville [San Juan County].
    • Illinois
      • Stephenson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Howardsville [Stephenson County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Howardsville is located in Baltimore County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Howardsville that is located in Albemarle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Howardsville.
    • Michigan
      • Saint Joseph County
      • This Howardsville is located in Saint Joseph County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Howardsville that is located in Albemarle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Joseph County community of Howardsville.
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean County
      • This Howardsville is located in Ocean County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Howardsville that is located in Albemarle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Howardsville.
    • New York
      • Oswego County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Howardsville [Oswego County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Howardsville ...

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.

  • Boiling Spring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boiling Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
    • Boiling Spring is located in Albemarle County
  • Bungletown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bungletown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungletown
    • Bungletown is located in Albemarle County
  • Gordon Crossing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Crossing
    • Gordon Crossing is located in Nelson County
  • Grays Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Corner
    • Grays Corner is located in Buckingham County
  • Moses Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moses Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses Crossing
    • Moses Crossing is located in Nelson County
  • Porters
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
    • Porters is located in Albemarle County
  • Red Apple Orchard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Apple Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Apple Orchard
    • Red Apple Orchard is located in Nelson County
  • Rockfish
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
    • Rockfish is located in Nelson County
  • Shipman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
    • Shipman is located in Nelson County
  • Stony Point
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
  • Woods Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corner
    • Woods Corner is located in Buckingham County

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

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

  • Charlottesville, which is the Seat of Albemarle County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Howardsville to Charlottesville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 118 miles [189.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,016 miles [9,681.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,720 miles [10,814.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,597 miles [7,398.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Albemarle County: www.albemarle.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Howardsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Howardsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7346, Longitude: -78.6472       In this case, the coordinates for Howardsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Howardsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Howardsville 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.
<4>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.
<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 Howardsville 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 308.896 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.408 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.812 degrees.




 

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