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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 Hurtsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hurtsville 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 Hurtsville:
- 37.367626, -78.615923
- 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 Hurtsville
- 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 Appomattox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Appomattox County
- Since Hurtsville is near Prince Edward County and also Buckingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince Edward County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buckingham 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 Hurtsville
Communities Also Named Hurtsville ...
We found one communities that are also named Hurtsville.
Within Virginia, the name Hurtsville is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Hurtsville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Albany 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 New York community of Hurtsville [Albany County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hurtsville ...
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.
- Chestnut Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Curdsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elam
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elam is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elam
- Evergreen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Five Forks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Flood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Flood is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flood
- Fore Store
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fore Store is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fore Store
- Hixburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hixburg is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixburg
- Prospect
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shields
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shields is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
- Sliders
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sliders is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliders
- Toga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tuggle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Hurtsville 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 Hurtsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Hurtsville and extending to:
- Appomattox, which is the Seat of Appomattox County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Hurtsville to Appomattox, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 136 miles [218.9 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<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,733 miles [10,835.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,610 miles [7,419.1 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 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 Hurtsville 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' (or 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- Hurtsville) 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 Hurtsville 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 Hurtsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3676, Longitude: -78.6159 In this case, the coordinates for Hurtsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.892 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.347 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.927 degrees. |
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