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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 Nottingham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nottingham 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 Nottingham:
    • 36.635378, -82.514874
    • 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 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the east of the Nottingham that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Nottingham.
    • Richmond City
      • This Nottingham is located in Richmond City and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Nottingham that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond City community of Nottingham.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Nottingham is located in Jefferson County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the southwest of the Nottingham that is located in Scott County.
      • 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 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Nottingham that is located in Scott County.
      • 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 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Nottingham that is located in Scott County.
      • 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 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Nottingham that is located in Scott County.
      • 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 379 miles [609.9 km] to the east northeast of the Nottingham that is located in Scott County.
      • 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 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Nottingham that is located in Scott County.
      • 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 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Nottingham that is located in Scott County.
      • 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 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the north of the Nottingham that is located in Scott County.
      • 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 473 miles [761.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Nottingham that is located in Scott County.
      • 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 412 miles [663 km] to the east northeast of the Nottingham that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Nottingham.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Nottingham lies 1,302 miles [2,095.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Nottingham that is located in Scott County.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Nottingham is located in Harris County and lies 890 miles [1,432.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Nottingham that is located in Scott County.
      • 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 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Nottingham that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Nottingham.

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.

  • Cloud Ford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloud Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Ford
    • Cloud Ford is located in Sullivan County (TN)
  • Gate City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Harmony Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hills
    • Harmony Hills is located in Sullivan County (TN)
  • Jayne Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jayne Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayne Mill
    • Jayne Mill is located in Scott County
  • Larkspur
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larkspur have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkspur
    • Larkspur is located in Sullivan County (TN)
  • Lynn Garden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynn Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Garden
    • Lynn Garden is located in Sullivan County (TN)
  • Slabtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slabtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
    • Slabtown is located in Scott County
  • Snowflake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snowflake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowflake
    • Snowflake is located in Scott County
  • Williams Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Mill
    • Williams Mill is located in Scott County

How Far From Nottingham 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 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:

  • Gate City, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the West.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Nottingham to Richmond, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 337 miles [542.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,227 miles [10,021.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,937 miles [11,164 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,813 miles [7,745.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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 Scott County: www.scottcountyva.com/

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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: 36.6354, Longitude: -82.5149       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 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.
<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 Nottingham 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 311.208 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.887 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.763 degrees.









 

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