Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Kingswood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingswood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Kingswood
- 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 Kingswood:
- 37.686808, -78.946412
- 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 Kingswood
- 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 Nelson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Nelson County
- Since Kingswood is near Amherst County and also Buckingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Amherst County
- eBird sighting report for Buckingham 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Kingswood ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Kingswood.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Kingswood.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Bulloch County
- This Kingswood is located in Bulloch County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Kingswood that is located in Nelson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bulloch County community of Kingswood.
- Clarke County
- This Kingswood is located in Clarke County and lies 361 miles [581 km] to the southwest of the Kingswood that is located in Nelson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Kingswood.
- Fayette County
- This Kingswood is located in Fayette County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km] to the southwest of the Kingswood that is located in Nelson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Kingswood.
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- Camden 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 Jersey community of Kingswood [Camden County].
- Hunterdon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Kingswood [Hunterdon County].
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Henderson County
- This Kingswood is located in Henderson County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kingswood that is located in Nelson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Kingswood.
- Iredell County
- This Kingswood is located in Iredell County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km] to the southwest of the Kingswood that is located in Nelson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Kingswood.
- Mecklenburg County
- This Kingswood is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km] to the south southwest of the Kingswood that is located in Nelson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Kingswood.
- Union County
- This Kingswood is located in Union County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the south southwest of the Kingswood that is located in Nelson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Kingswood.
- South Carolina
- Horry County
- This Kingswood is located in Horry County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<1> to the south of the Kingswood that is located in Nelson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Kingswood.
- Richland County
- This Kingswood is located in Richland County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km] to the south southwest of the Kingswood that is located in Nelson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Kingswood.
- Tennessee
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingswood ...
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.
- Freshwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freshwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freshwater
- Freshwater is located in Nelson County
- Lakeview Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- 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 Nelson County
- Lanes Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lanes Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Ford
- Lanes Ford is located in Nelson County
- Piney River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney River
- Piney River is located in Nelson County
- Poplar Flats
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Flats have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Flats
- Poplar Flats is located in Nelson County
- Roseland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Roseland is located in Nelson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roseland <4>
- Roses Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roses Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Mill
- Roses Mill is located in Nelson County
- Shady Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Shady Lane is located in Nelson County
- Shipman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
How Far From Kingswood 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 Kingswood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kingswood and extending to:
- Lovingston, which is the Seat of Nelson County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Kingswood to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 133 miles [214 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,030 miles [9,704.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,735 miles [10,838.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,612 miles [7,422.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kingswood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Nelson County: www.nelsoncounty.com/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Kingswood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kingswood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6868, Longitude: -78.9464 In this case, the coordinates for Kingswood 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 Kingswood 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> | 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Kingswood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.074 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.603 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.952 degrees. |