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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 Keith, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Keith 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 Keith:
    • 37.841251, -77.256367
    • 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 Keith
  • 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 King William County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for King William County
    • Since Keith is near Caroline County and also Hanover County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hanover 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 Keith

Communities Also Named Keith ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Keith.

Within Virginia, the name Keith is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • DeKalb County
      • This Keith is located in DeKalb County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Keith that is located in King William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Keith.
      • Monroe County
      • This Keith is located in Monroe County and lies 713 miles [1,147.5 km] to the west southwest of the Keith that is located in King William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Keith.
    • California
      • Ventura County
      • This Keith is located in Ventura County and lies 2,319 miles [3,732.1 km]<1> to the west of the Keith that is located in King William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ventura County community of Keith.
    • Georgia
      • Catoosa County
      • This Keith is located in Catoosa County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Keith that is located in King William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catoosa County community of Keith.
    • Kansas
      • Decatur County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Decatur County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Keith.
    • Kentucky
      • Harlan County
      • This Keith is located in Harlan County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the west of the Keith that is located in King William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Keith.
    • Missouri
      • Bates County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Keith [Bates County].
    • Nebraska
      • Lincoln County
      • This Keith is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,258 miles [2,024.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Keith that is located in King William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Keith.
    • North Carolina
      • Pender County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Keith [Pender County].
    • North Dakota
      • Ramsey County
      • This Keith is located in Ramsey County and lies 1,289 miles [2,074.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Keith that is located in King William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ramsey County community of Keith.
    • Ohio
      • Noble County
      • This Keith is located in Noble County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Keith that is located in King William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Keith.
    • Oklahoma
      • Rogers County
      • This Keith is located in Rogers County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<1> to the west of the Keith that is located in King William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rogers County community of Keith.
    • Texas
      • Grimes County
      • This Keith is located in Grimes County and lies 1,181 miles [1,900.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Keith that is located in King William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grimes County community of Keith.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Keith [King County].
    • West Virginia
      • Boone County
      • This Keith is located in Boone County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the west of the Keith that is located in King William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Keith.
    • Wisconsin
      • Forest County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Keith [Forest County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Keith ...

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.

  • Beverly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Beverly is located in King and Queen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
  • Bowersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bowersville is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
  • Butlers Fork
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Butlers Fork is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Fork
  • Edgar
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Edgar is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
  • Globe
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Globe is located in King William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
  • Kidds Fork
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Kidds Fork is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidds Fork
  • Lauraville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lauraville is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauraville
  • Littlepages Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Littlepages Ferry is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlepages Ferry
  • Reedy Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Reedy Mill is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Mill
  • Tuck Fork
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Tuck Fork is located in King William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuck Fork

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

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

  • King William, which is the Seat of King William County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Keith to King William, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 73 miles [117.5 km] to the north (N). 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 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,952 miles [9,578.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,653 miles [10,707 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,531 miles [7,291.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Keith) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Keith, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Keith 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.
<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 Keith 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 Keith. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8413, Longitude: -77.2564       In this case, the coordinates for Keith have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.079 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.492 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.204 degrees.