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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 Namozine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Namozine 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 Namozine:
    • 37.249595, -77.724996
    • 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 Namozine
  • 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 Namozine ...

We found one communities that share the name Namozine.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Namozine.

Beyond Virginia.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Dinwiddie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Namozine [Dinwiddie County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Namozine ...

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.

  • Chestnut Gardens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gardens
    • Chestnut Gardens is located in Dinwiddie County
  • Clays Corner
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clays Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Corner
    • Clays Corner is located in Nottoway County
  • Five Forks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
    • Five Forks is located in Dinwiddie County
  • Goode Crossing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goode Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode Crossing
    • Goode Crossing is located in Powhatan County
  • Hebron
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hebron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
    • Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
  • Holly ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
    • Holly is located in Chesterfield County
  • Hunters Green
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Green
    • Hunters Green is located in Chesterfield County
  • Jack
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jack have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
    • Jack is located in Dinwiddie County
  • Leader
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leader have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leader
    • Leader is located in Chesterfield County
  • Nuttree ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nuttree have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nuttree
    • Nuttree is located in Chesterfield County
  • Otterdale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterdale
    • Otterdale is located in Chesterfield County
  • Rabbit Run
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rabbit Run have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Run
    • Rabbit Run is located in Chesterfield County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Rocky Run
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Run have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Run
      • Rocky Run is located in Dinwiddie County
    • Sandy Ridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
      • Sandy Ridge is located in Chesterfield County
    • Skinquarter
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skinquarter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinquarter
      • Skinquarter is located in Chesterfield County
    • Spainville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spainville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
      • Spainville is located in Nottoway County

How Far From Namozine to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Namozine to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Namozine and extending to:

  • Amelia Court House, which is the Seat of Amelia County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Namozine to Amelia Court House, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 119 miles [191.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,997 miles [9,651.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,697 miles [10,777.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,576 miles [7,364.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Namozine. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Amelia County: www.ameliacova.us/

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 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 Namozine 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>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.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Namozine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Namozine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2496, Longitude: -77.7250       In this case, the coordinates for Namozine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 Namozine to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.379 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.745 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.609 degrees.









 

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