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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 Nineveh, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nineveh 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 Nineveh:
    • 39.015941, -78.165000
    • 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 Nineveh
  • 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Since Nineveh is near Frederick County and also Clarke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke 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 Nineveh

Communities Also Named Nineveh ...

We found nine communities that are also named Nineveh.

Within Virginia, the name Nineveh is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Johnson County
      • This Nineveh is located in Johnson County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the west of the Nineveh that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Nineveh.
    • Missouri
      • Adair County
      • This Nineveh is located in Adair County and lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Nineveh that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Nineveh.
    • New York
      • Broome County
      • This Nineveh is located in Broome County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Nineveh that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broome County community of Nineveh.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Nineveh.
    • Ohio
      • Darke County
      • This Nineveh is located in Darke County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Nineveh that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darke County community of Nineveh.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clarion County
      • This Nineveh is located in Clarion County and lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Nineveh that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Nineveh.
      • Greene County
      • This Nineveh is located in Greene County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the west northwest of the Nineveh that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Nineveh.
      • Westmoreland 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 Pennsylvania community of Nineveh [Westmoreland County].
    • Texas
      • Leon County
      • This Nineveh is located in Leon County and lies 1,123 miles [1,807.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Nineveh that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leon County community of Nineveh.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nineveh ...

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.

  • Cedarville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cedarville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • Front Royal Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Front Royal Junction is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Front Royal Junction
  • Greenway Court
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenway Court is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Court
  • Hill and Dale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hill and Dale is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill and Dale
  • Lake Frederick
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lake Frederick is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Frederick
  • Reliance
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Reliance is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
  • River View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • River View is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
  • Rockland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockland is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
  • Success
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Success is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
  • Tulip
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Tulip is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip

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

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

  • Front Royal, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Nineveh to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 61 miles [98.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full 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 5,940 miles [9,559.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,648 miles [10,698.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,524 miles [7,280.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Nineveh) 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 Nineveh 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 Nineveh 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 Nineveh. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0159, Longitude: -78.1650       In this case, the coordinates for Nineveh have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.551 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.209 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.147 degrees.