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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 Northside:
37.280692, -79.944205
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We found nineteen communities that are also named Northside.
There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Northside.
Beyond Virginia, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Norfolk City
This Northside is located in Norfolk City and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Northside.
Richmond City
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 Virginia community of Northside [Richmond City].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Etowah County
This Northside is located in Etowah County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Northside.
Florida
Sarasota 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 Florida community of Northside [Sarasota County].
Georgia
Dougherty County
This Northside is located in Dougherty County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Northside.
Idaho
Ada 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 Idaho community of Northside [Ada County].
Gem County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Northside [Gem County].
Massachusetts
Worcester County
This Northside is located in Worcester County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Northside.
Minnesota
Freeborn 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 Minnesota community of Northside [Freeborn County].
New York
Steuben 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 New York community of Northside [Steuben County].
Newfoundland and Labrador
This Northside lies 1,494 miles [2,404.4 km]<1> to the northeast.
North Carolina
Davidson County
This Northside is located in Davidson County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Northside.
Granville 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 North Carolina community of Northside [Granville County].
Wake County
This Northside is located in Wake County and lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Northside.
Wilson County
This Northside is located in Wilson County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km] to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Northside.
Ohio
Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Northside [Hamilton County].
Saskatchewan
This Northside lies 1,663 miles [2,676.3 km]<1> to the northwest.
Texas
Wilbarger County
This Northside is located in Wilbarger County and lies 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilbarger County community of Northside.
Wisconsin
La Crosse 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 Wisconsin community of Northside [La Crosse County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Northside ...
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.
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 Northside to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Northside and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Northside to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,090 miles [9,800.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,796 miles [10,937.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,673 miles [7,520.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Northside) 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 Northside 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.
<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 Northside 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 Northside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2807, Longitude: -79.9442 In this case, the coordinates for Northside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.674 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.227 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.50 degrees.