Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in O'Neal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to O'Neal and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for O'Neal
- 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 O'Neal:
- 38.346240, -78.267504
- 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 O'Neal
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since O'Neal is near Greene County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Greene County
- eBird sighting report for Orange 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named O'Neal ...
We found five communities that share the name O'Neal.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named O'Neal.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
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- Georgia
- South Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near O'Neal ...
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.
- Burnt Tree
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Dawsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Five Forks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Five Forks is located in Madison County
- Graves Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graves Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Mill
- Graves Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graves Mill <4>
- Hood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Hood is located in Madison County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hood <4>
- Locust Dale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Dale
- Locust Dale is located in Madison County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Locust Dale <4>
- Pratts
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pratts have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- Pratts is located in Madison County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pratts <4>
- Radiant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Russells Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Russells Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russells Ferry
- Russells Ferry is located in Madison County
- Uno
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Wolftown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolftown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolftown
- Wolftown is located in Madison County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wolftown <4>
- Zeus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
How Far From O'Neal 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 O'Neal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in O'Neal and extending to:
- Madison, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the North.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from O'Neal to Richmond, 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 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 76 miles [122.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,973 miles [9,612.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,556 miles [7,332.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for O'Neal. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 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 O'Neal 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- O'Neal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in O'Neal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3462, Longitude: -78.2675 In this case, the coordinates for O'Neal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 O'Neal 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 308.646 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.215 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.436 degrees. |