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we pass this GPS location for Idlewood:
36.779872, -76.644120
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We found eighteen communities that share the name Idlewood.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Idlewood.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Roanoke City
This Idlewood is located in Roanoke City and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Idlewood.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Coffee County
This Idlewood is located in Coffee County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Idlewood.
Tuscaloosa County
This Idlewood is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Idlewood.
Georgia
Bibb County
This Idlewood is located in Bibb County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Idlewood.
Burke County
This Idlewood is located in Burke County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Idlewood.
Newton County
This Idlewood is located in Newton County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Idlewood.
Illinois
Jefferson County
This Idlewood is located in Jefferson County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Idlewood.
Louisiana
Orleans Parish
This Idlewood is located in Orleans Parish and lies 896 miles [1,442 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans Parish community of Idlewood.
Maryland
Baltimore City
This Idlewood is located in Baltimore City and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Idlewood.
Massachusetts
Bristol County
This Idlewood is located in Bristol County and lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Idlewood.
New York
Erie 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 New York community of Idlewood [Erie County].
North Carolina
Scotland County
This Idlewood is located in Scotland County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotland County community of Idlewood.
Ohio
Hamilton County
This Idlewood is located in Hamilton County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Idlewood.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
This Idlewood is located in Allegheny County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Idlewood.
Bucks County
This Idlewood is located in Bucks County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km] to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Idlewood.
South Carolina
Greenwood County
This Idlewood is located in Greenwood County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Idlewood.
Sumter County
This Idlewood is located in Sumter County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Idlewood.
Tennessee
Williamson County
This Idlewood is located in Williamson County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Idlewood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Idlewood ...
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.
Boston (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Idlewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Idlewood and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Idlewood to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 147 miles [236.6 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,970 miles [9,607.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,546 miles [7,316.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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- Idlewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Idlewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7799, Longitude: -76.6441 In this case, the coordinates for Idlewood 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 Idlewood 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 . 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 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 Idlewood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.781 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.991 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.35 degrees.