Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Idlewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Idlewood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Idlewood
- 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 Idlewood:
- 36.779872, -76.644120
- 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 Idlewood
- 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 Idlewood ...
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 ...
- 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
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- 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
- Alabama
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) - Elephant Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elephant Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elephant Fork
- Elephant Fork is located in Suffolk City
- Holland Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Heights
- Holland Heights is located in Suffolk City
- Kings Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
- Kings Crossing is located in Suffolk City
- Kings Fork
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Fork
- Kings Fork is located in Suffolk City
- Kings Point
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
- Kings Point is located in Suffolk City
- Kingsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Lakeview Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Lakeview Heights is located in Suffolk City
- Lutersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lutersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutersville
- Lutersville is located in Suffolk City
- Maple Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Maple Hill is located in Suffolk City
- Providence Church
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence Church have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Church
- Providence Church is located in Suffolk City
- Red Top
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Willowbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willowbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Willowbrook is located in Suffolk City
How Far From Idlewood 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 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>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Idlewood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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- 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 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 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. |