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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 Mooreland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mooreland 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 Mooreland:
    • 37.569036, -77.598600
    • 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 Mooreland
  • 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 Henrico County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henrico County
    • Since Mooreland is near Chesterfield County and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Mooreland

Communities Also Named Mooreland ...

We found four communities that are also named Mooreland.

Within Virginia, the name Mooreland is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Mooreland is located in Hillsborough County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Mooreland that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Mooreland.
    • Indiana
      • Henry County
      • This Mooreland is located in Henry County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mooreland that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Mooreland.
    • Oklahoma
      • Woodward County
      • This Mooreland is located in Woodward County and lies 1,191 miles [1,916.7 km]<1> to the west of the Mooreland that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodward County community of Mooreland.
    • West Virginia
      • Tucker 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 West Virginia community of Mooreland [Tucker County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mooreland ...

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.

  • Cherokee Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cherokee Hills is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
  • English Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • English Hills is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Hills
  • Grand Summit
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Grand Summit is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Summit
  • Hobby Hill Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hobby Hill Farms is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby Hill Farms
  • Holiday Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Lorraine
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lorraine is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
  • Lower Tuckahoe
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lower Tuckahoe is located in Goochland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Tuckahoe
  • Old Gun
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Old Gun is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Gun
  • Pagebrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pagebrook is located in Goochland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagebrook
  • Partridge Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Partridge Hills is located in Goochland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Hills
  • Spring Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Grove is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
  • Ziontown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ziontown is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ziontown

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

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

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Mooreland to Richmond, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 96 miles [154.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,978 miles [9,620.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,557 miles [7,333.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Mooreland) 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 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 Mooreland 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 Mooreland 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 Mooreland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5690, Longitude: -77.5986       In this case, the coordinates for Mooreland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.291 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.693 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.443 degrees.