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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 Mica, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mica 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 Mica:
    • 38.140687, -77.355537
    • 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 Mica
  • 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 Caroline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
    • Since Mica is near Spotsylvania County and also King George County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spotsylvania County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for King George 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 Mica

Communities Also Named Mica ...

We found five communities that are also named Mica.

Within Virginia, the name Mica is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Cherokee County
      • This Mica is located in Cherokee County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mica that is located in Caroline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Mica.
    • Idaho
      • Kootenai County
      • This Mica is located in Kootenai County and lies 2,078 miles [3,344.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mica that is located in Caroline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kootenai County community of Mica.
    • North Carolina
      • Mitchell 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 North Carolina community of Mica [Mitchell County].
    • South Carolina
      • Pickens 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 South Carolina community of Mica [Pickens County].
    • Washington
      • Spokane County
      • This Mica is located in Spokane County and lies 2,093 miles [3,368.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mica that is located in Caroline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spokane County community of Mica.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mica ...

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.

  • Bullocks Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Bullocks Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullocks Corner
  • Guinea
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Guinea is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea
  • Howards Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Howards Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Corner
  • Liberty
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Liberty is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Locks Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Locks Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Corner
  • Long Branch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Long Branch is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Loving Fork
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Loving Fork is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving Fork
  • Pullers Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Pullers Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullers Corner
  • Range Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Range Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range Corner
  • Raymonds Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Raymonds Fork is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymonds Fork
  • Sales Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sales Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sales Corner
  • Samuels Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Samuels Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuels Corner
  • Young Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Young Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Corner

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

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

  • Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Caroline County, lies just to the South.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Mica to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 55 miles [88.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,943 miles [9,564.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,646 miles [10,695.7 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>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 from Point A (ie- Mica) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Mica 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>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 Mica 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 Mica. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1407, Longitude: -77.3555       In this case, the coordinates for Mica have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.121 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.586 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.133 degrees.