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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 Hughesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hughesville 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 Hughesville:
    • 39.099828, -77.659715
    • 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 Hughesville
  • 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 Hughesville ...

We found seven communities that share the name Hughesville.

Within Virginia, the name Hughesville is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This Hughesville is located in Charles County and lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hughesville that is located in Loudoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Hughesville.
    • Missouri
      • Pettis County
      • This Hughesville is located in Pettis County and lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<1> to the west of the Hughesville that is located in Loudoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pettis County community of Hughesville.
    • Montana
      • Judith Basin County
      • This Hughesville is located in Judith Basin County and lies 1,736 miles [2,793.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hughesville that is located in Loudoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Judith Basin County community of Hughesville.
      • Meagher 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 Montana community of Hughesville [Meagher County].
    • New Jersey
      • Hunterdon County
      • This Hughesville is located in Hunterdon County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hughesville that is located in Loudoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Hughesville.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Hughesville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lycoming County
      • This Hughesville is located in Lycoming County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the north of the Hughesville that is located in Loudoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lycoming County community of Hughesville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hughesville ...

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.

  • Circleville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Circleville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleville
    • Circleville is located in Loudoun County
  • Flint Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
    • Flint Hill is located in Loudoun County
  • Fox Chase
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
    • Fox Chase is located in Loudoun County
  • Greggsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greggsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggsville
    • Greggsville is located in Loudoun County
  • Ivandale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivandale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivandale
    • Ivandale is located in Loudoun County
  • Leesburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
    • Leesburg is located in Loudoun County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,488 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leesburg <4>
  • Lincoln
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Lincoln is located in Loudoun County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <4>
  • Little Washington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Washington
    • Little Washington is located in Loudoun County
  • Longview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
    • Longview is located in Loudoun County
  • Marble Quarry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble Quarry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Quarry
    • Marble Quarry is located in Loudoun County
  • Potomac Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potomac Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac Crossing
    • Potomac Crossing is located in Loudoun County
  • Round Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill
    • Round Hill is located in Loudoun County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 657 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Hill <4>
  • Telegraph Spring
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Telegraph Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph Spring
    • Telegraph Spring is located in Loudoun County
  • Wheatland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wheatland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
    • Wheatland is located in Loudoun County

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

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

  • Leesburg, which is the Seat of Loudoun County, lies just to the East.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Hughesville to Richmond, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 36 miles [57.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,915 miles [9,519.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • 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).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,499 miles [7,240.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hughesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hughesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0998, Longitude: -77.6597       In this case, the coordinates for Hughesville 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Hughesville 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>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 Hughesville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.246 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.875 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.90 degrees.