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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 Lackey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lackey 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 Lackey:
- 37.232097, -76.547902
- 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 Lackey
- 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Since Lackey is near Newport News City and also James City County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newport News City
- Open the eBird sighting report for James City 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 Lackey
Communities Also Named Lackey ...
We found four communities that are also named Lackey.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Lackey.
Beyond Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Henry 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 Virginia community of Lackey [Henry County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Floyd County
- This Lackey is located in Floyd County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<2> to the west of the Lackey that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Lackey.
- Mississippi
- Monroe County
- This Lackey is located in Monroe County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Lackey that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Lackey.
- North Carolina
- Alexander 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 North Carolina community of Lackey [Alexander County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lackey ...
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.
- Blacksmith Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Blacksmith Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksmith Corner
- Booth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Booth is located in James City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Carp Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Carp Circle is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carp Circle
- Charles Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crab
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in James City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Harbor Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Hills is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Harris Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Grove is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Hickory Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hickory Hill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Lee Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall Heights is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
- Merry Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Merry Oaks is located in Newport News City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Oaks
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Oyster Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oyster Cove is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Cove
- Patricia Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Patricia Heights is located in Newport News City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricia Heights
- Sawmill Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sawmill Corner is located in James City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill Corner
- Victory Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Victory Hill is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Hill
- Woods Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woods Run is located in Newport News City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Run
How Far From Lackey 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 Lackey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lackey and extending to:
- Yorktown, which is the Seat of York County, lies just to the East.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Lackey 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 over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 118 miles [189.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 5,947 miles [9,570.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,643 miles [10,690.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 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 Lackey 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lackey) 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 Lackey 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 Lackey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2321, Longitude: -76.5479 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.703 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.971 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.146 degrees. |
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