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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 Katrine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Katrine 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 Katrine:
    • 37.584867, -78.578063
    • 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 Katrine
  • 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 Buckingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buckingham County
    • Since Katrine is near Nelson County and also Albemarle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nelson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Albemarle 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 Katrine

Communities Also Named Katrine ...

We found two communities that are also named Katrine.

Within Virginia, the name Katrine is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Ulster 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 Katrine [Ulster County].
    • Ontario
      • This Katrine lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<2> to the north of the Katrine that is located in Buckingham County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Katrine ...

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.

  • Alpha
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Alpha is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Chestnut Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Chestnut Grove is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
  • Gold Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
  • Gravel Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
  • Grays Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grays Corner is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Corner
  • Howardsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Howardsville is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
  • Slate Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Slate Hill is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
  • Sliders
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sliders is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliders
  • Sunny Side
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunny Side is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
  • Toga
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Toga is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
  • Woods Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Woods Corner is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corner

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

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

  • Buckingham, which is the Seat of Buckingham County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Katrine to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 123 miles [197.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,019 miles [9,686.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,722 miles [10,818 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,600 miles [7,403 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Katrine 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Katrine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Katrine 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 Katrine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5849, Longitude: -78.5781       In this case, the coordinates for Katrine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.861 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.346 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.836 degrees.