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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 Mogarts Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mogarts Beach and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Mogarts Beach:
    • 37.032092, -76.600787
    • 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 Mogarts Beach
  • 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 Isle of Wight County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Isle of Wight County
    • Since Mogarts Beach is near Newport News City and also Surry 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 Surry 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 Mogarts Beach

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mogarts Beach ...

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.

  • Cedar Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Newport News City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • College Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • College Park is located in Newport News City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Deep Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Deep Creek is located in Newport News City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
  • Deer Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Deer Park is located in Newport News City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
  • Foursquare
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Foursquare is located in Isle of Wight County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foursquare
  • Holly Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Holly Point is located in Isle of Wight County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Point
  • Magnet
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Magnet is located in Isle of Wight County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
  • Mammoth Oak
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mammoth Oak is located in Newport News City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth Oak
  • Maple Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Maple Grove is located in Newport News City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Maxwell Garden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Maxwell Garden is located in Newport News City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Garden
    • Moonlight
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Moonlight is located in Isle of Wight County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonlight
    • Muddy Cross
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Muddy Cross is located in Isle of Wight County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Cross
    • Nicewood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Nicewood is located in Newport News City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicewood
    • Oyster Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Oyster Point is located in Newport News City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Point
    • Rescue
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rescue is located in Isle of Wight County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescue

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mogarts Beach and extending to:

  • Isle of Wight, which is the Seat of Isle of Wight County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mogarts Beach to Isle of Wight, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 57 miles [91.7 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 130 miles [209.2 km] to the north (N). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,958 miles [9,588.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,653 miles [10,707 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,534 miles [7,296.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Mogarts Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Mogarts Beach 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 Mogarts Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0321, Longitude: -76.6008       In this case, the coordinates for Mogarts Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.743 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.987 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.241 degrees.