Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lively, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lively and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lively
- 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 Lively:
- 37.777639, -76.513563
- 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 Lively
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since Lively is near Northumberland County and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Northumberland County
- eBird sighting report for Richmond 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 Lively ...
We found seven communities that share the name Lively.
Within Virginia, the name Lively is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Missouri
- Ontario
- This Lively lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Lively that is located in Lancaster County.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Baylor County
- This Lively is located in Baylor County and lies 1,300 miles [2,092.1 km]<2> to the west of the Lively that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baylor County community of Lively.
- Kaufman County
- This Lively is located in Kaufman County and lies 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km] to the west southwest of the Lively that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kaufman County community of Lively.
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lively ...
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.
- Bridgetown ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Bridgetown is located in Lancaster County
- Browns Store
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Browns Store have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Store
- Browns Store is located in Northumberland County
- Chestnut Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Chestnut Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Cove Colony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cove Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Colony
- Cove Colony is located in Lancaster County
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Georgetown is located in Northumberland County
- Greenvale ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Griffins Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Landing
- Griffins Landing is located in Lancaster County
- Merry Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merry Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Point
- Merry Point is located in Lancaster County
- Mollusk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mollusk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollusk
- Mollusk is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mollusk <4>
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- Moon Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moon Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Corner
- Moon Corner is located in Richmond County
- Nuttsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nuttsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nuttsville
- Nuttsville is located in Lancaster County
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Ottoman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottoman
- Ottoman is located in Lancaster County
- Pierces Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierces Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Corner
- Pierces Corner is located in Lancaster County
- Queenstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queenstown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Queenstown is located in Lancaster County
- Moon Corner
How Far From Lively 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 Lively to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lively and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Lively to Richmond, with an average speed<5> 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 82 miles [132 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,922 miles [9,530.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,621 miles [10,655.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,500 miles [7,242 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lively. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lancaster County: www.lancova.com/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 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 Lively 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 from Point A (ie- Lively) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lively. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7776, Longitude: -76.5136 In this case, the coordinates for Lively have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Lively 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 307.652 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.997 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.927 degrees. |