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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 Love, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Love 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 Love:
- 37.885416, -79.010025
- 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 Love
- 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 Augusta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Augusta County
- Since Love is near Nelson County and also Amherst 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 Amherst 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 Love
Communities Also Named Love ...
We found nine communities that are also named Love.
Within Virginia, the name Love is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, seven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- La Paz County
- This Love is located in La Paz County and lies 1,936 miles [3,115.7 km]<1> to the west of the Love that is located in Augusta County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Paz County community of Love.
- Arkansas
- Izard 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 Arkansas community of Love [Izard County].
- Illinois
- Bureau County
- This Love is located in Bureau County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Love that is located in Augusta County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Love.
- Kentucky
- Butler County
- This Love is located in Butler County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the west of the Love that is located in Augusta County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Love.
- Mississippi
- DeSoto County
- This Love is located in DeSoto County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Love that is located in Augusta County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Love.
- Quebec
- This Love lies 1,103 miles [1,775.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Love that is located in Augusta County.
- Saskatchewan
- This Love lies 1,607 miles [2,586.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Love that is located in Augusta County.
- Texas
- Cass County
- This Love is located in Cass County and lies 939 miles [1,511.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Love that is located in Augusta County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Love.
- West Virginia
- Cabell 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 West Virginia community of Love [Cabell County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Love ...
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.
- Cold Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cold Spring is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Freshwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Freshwater is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freshwater
- Greenfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gullysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gullysville is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gullysville
- Irish Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Irish Creek is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Creek
- Lanes Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lanes Ford is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Ford
- Martins Store
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Martins Store is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Store
- Poplar Flats
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Flats is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Flats
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Roseland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shady Lane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Shady Lane is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Stuarts Draft
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Twin Poplars
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Twin Poplars is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Poplars
- Vesuvius
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wintergreen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Love to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Love to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Love and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Love 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 127 miles [204.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,024 miles [9,694.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,730 miles [10,830.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,607 miles [7,414.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Love) 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 Love, 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 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 Love 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'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 Love 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 Love. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8854, Longitude: -79.0100 In this case, the coordinates for Love have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.104 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.667 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.909 degrees. |
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