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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 New Kent, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Kent 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 New Kent:
- 37.515296, -76.982375
- 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 New Kent
- 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 New Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Kent County
- Since New Kent is near King William County and also Charles City County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for King William County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles City 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 New Kent
Communities Also Named New Kent ...
We found one communities that are also named New Kent.
Within Virginia, the name New Kent is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named New Kent in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Fayette 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 Tennessee community of New Kent [Fayette County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Kent ...
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.
- Carps Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Carps Corner is located in New Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carps Corner
- Crumps Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crumps Mill is located in New Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumps Mill
- Gordon Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gordon Landing is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Landing
- Lanesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Poplar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in New Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Providence Forge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Landing is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Landing
- Sandybottom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandybottom is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandybottom
- Slaterville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slaterville is located in New Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaterville
- Tallysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tallysville is located in New Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallysville
How Far From New Kent 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 New Kent to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in New Kent and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from New Kent to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 95 miles [152.9 km] to the north (N). 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,954 miles [9,582 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,532 miles [7,293.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 New Kent 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Kent) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 New Kent 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 New Kent. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5153, Longitude: -76.9824 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.937 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.281 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.214 degrees. |
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