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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).

When in North End, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North End 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 North End:
    • 36.567098, -75.924091
    • 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 North End
  • 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 North End ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name North End.

Within Virginia, the name North End is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • El Paso 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 Colorado community of North End [El Paso County].
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford County
      • This North End is located in Hartford County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<2> to the north northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of North End.
      • New Haven 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 Connecticut community of North End [New Haven County].
    • Georgia
      • Glynn County
      • This North End is located in Glynn County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glynn County community of North End.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This North End is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of North End.
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampden County
      • This North End is located in Hampden County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<2> to the north northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of North End.
      • Suffolk County
      • This North End is located in Suffolk County and lies 476 miles [766 km] to the north northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of North End.
    • Michigan
      • Wayne 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 Michigan community of North End [Wayne County].
    • New York
      • Orange 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 New York community of North End [Orange County].
    • Ontario
      • This North End lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<2> to the north northwest.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania community of North End [Luzerne County].
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of North End [Berkeley County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This North End is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,946 miles [3,131.8 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of North End.

Curious and Interesting Names Near North End ...

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.

  • False Cape Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for False Cape Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for False Cape Landing
    • False Cape Landing is located in Virginia Beach City
  • Greentown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greentown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
    • Greentown is located in Currituck County (NC)
  • Guinea
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guinea have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea
    • Guinea is located in Currituck County (NC)
  • Hill Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Landing
    • Hill Landing is located in Virginia Beach City
  • Knotts Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knotts Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Island
    • Knotts Island is located in Currituck County (NC)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knotts Island <5>
  • Maple
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
    • Maple is located in Currituck County (NC)
  • Panther Landing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panther Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Landing
    • Panther Landing is located in Currituck County (NC)
  • Public Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Public Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Public Landing
    • Public Landing is located in Virginia Beach City
  • Sandbridge Beach
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandbridge Beach
    • Sandbridge Beach is located in Virginia Beach City
  • Vine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine
    • Vine is located in Virginia Beach City
  • Waterlily
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlily
    • Waterlily is located in Currituck County (NC)

How Far From North End to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of North End once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in North End and extending to:

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from North End to Richmond, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 172 miles [276.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,948 miles [9,572.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,639 miles [10,684.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,522 miles [7,277.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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 North End 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 . 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>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- North End) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North End. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5671, Longitude: -75.9241       In this case, the coordinates for North End have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about North End, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 North End to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.384 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.506 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.15 degrees.









 

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