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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 Jefferson Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jefferson Village 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 Jefferson Village:
    • 38.127635, -78.420843
    • 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 Jefferson Village
  • 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 Albemarle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Albemarle County
    • Since Jefferson Village is near Charlottesville City and also Chesterfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charlottesville City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield 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 Jefferson Village

Communities Also Named Jefferson Village ...

We found five communities that are also named Jefferson Village.

There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Jefferson Village.

Beyond Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Fairfax County
      • This Jefferson Village is located in Fairfax County and lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jefferson Village that is located in Albemarle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Jefferson Village.
    • Richmond City
      • 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 Virginia community of Jefferson Village [Richmond City].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Westchester County
      • This Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jefferson Village that is located in Albemarle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Jefferson Village.
    • North Carolina
      • Davidson County
      • This Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Jefferson Village that is located in Albemarle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Jefferson Village.
    • West Virginia
      • Jefferson County
      • This Jefferson Village is located in Jefferson County and lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Jefferson Village that is located in Albemarle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Jefferson Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jefferson Village ...

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.

  • Airport Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Airport Acres is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Acres
  • Camelot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Camelot is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Clover Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Clover Hill is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
  • Deer Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Deer Run is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
  • Deerwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Deerwood is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
  • Earlysville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fieldbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fieldbrook is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldbrook
  • Four Seasons
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Four Seasons is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
  • Foxwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Foxwood is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
  • Gilbert
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
  • Gilbert Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Gilbert Heights is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Heights
  • Hydraulic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hydraulic is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydraulic
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Little Clover Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Little Clover Hill is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Clover Hill
    • Mallard Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Mallard Lake is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Lake
    • Mill Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Mill Run is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
    • Proffit
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Proffit is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proffit
    • Raintree
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Raintree is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
    • Squire Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Squire Hill is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squire Hill

How Far From Jefferson Village to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Jefferson Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Charlottesville, which is the Seat of Albemarle County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Jefferson Village 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 91 miles [146.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,989 miles [9,638.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,694 miles [10,772.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,571 miles [7,356.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jefferson Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Jefferson Village 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Jefferson Village 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 Jefferson Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1276, Longitude: -78.4208       In this case, the coordinates for Jefferson Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.747 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.297 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.579 degrees.