Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Nottingham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nottingham and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Nottingham
- 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 Nottingham:
- 37.555425, -77.548876
- 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 Nottingham
- 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 Nottingham ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Nottingham.
There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Nottingham.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Northampton County
- This Nottingham is located in Northampton County and lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the east.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Nottingham.
- Scott County
- This Nottingham is located in Scott County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Nottingham.
- Northampton County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Nottingham is located in Jefferson County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Nottingham.
- Talladega County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Nottingham [Talladega County].
- Georgia
- Cobb County
- This Nottingham is located in Cobb County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Nottingham.
- Indiana
- Wells County
- This Nottingham is located in Wells County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wells County community of Nottingham.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Nottingham is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the north northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Nottingham.
- Baltimore County
- This Nottingham is located in Baltimore County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the north northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Nottingham.
- Prince George's County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Nottingham [Prince George's County].
- New Hampshire
- Rockingham County
- This Nottingham is located in Rockingham County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Nottingham.
- New Jersey
- Mercer County
- This Nottingham is located in Mercer County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Nottingham.
- Ohio
- Cuyahoga County
- This Nottingham is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<1> to the northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Nottingham.
- Harrison County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Nottingham [Harrison County].
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This Nottingham is located in Bucks County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<1> to the northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Nottingham.
- Chester County
- This Nottingham is located in Chester County and lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the north northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Nottingham.
- Saskatchewan
- This Nottingham lies 1,450 miles [2,333.5 km]<1> to the northwest.
- Texas
- Harris County
- This Nottingham is located in Harris County and lies 1,164 miles [1,873.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Nottingham.
- West Virginia
- Kanawha County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Nottingham [Kanawha County].
- Pocahontas County
- This Nottingham is located in Pocahontas County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Nottingham.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nottingham ...
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.
- Cherokee Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Cherokee Hills is located in Richmond County
- Grand Summit
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Summit
- Grand Summit is located in Chesterfield County
- Granite
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Gravel Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Gravel Hill is located in Richmond City
- Hobby Hill Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobby Hill Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby Hill Farms
- Hobby Hill Farms is located in Richmond County
- Holiday Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Holiday Hills is located in Chesterfield County
- Lorraine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Lorraine is located in Henrico County
- Mooreland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Old Gun
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Spring Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Spring Grove is located in Chesterfield County
- Willow Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Oaks
- Willow Oaks is located in Richmond City
- Ziontown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
How Far From Nottingham 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 Nottingham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Nottingham and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies just to the east (E).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Nottingham to White House, with an average speed<5>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 three full days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,976 miles [9,617.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,677 miles [10,745.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,555 miles [7,330.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nottingham. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nottingham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nottingham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5554, Longitude: -77.5489 In this case, the coordinates for Nottingham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Nottingham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Nottingham 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. |
| <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 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. |
| <6> | 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 Nottingham to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.263 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.659 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.428 degrees. |