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 Ocean View:
36.949869, -76.246328
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.
We found fourteen communities that share the name Ocean View.
Within Virginia, the name Ocean View is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Los Angeles 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 California community of Ocean View [Los Angeles County].
Orange County
This Ocean View is located in Orange County and lies 2,343 miles [3,770.7 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Ocean View.
San Francisco 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 California community of Ocean View [San Francisco County].
Sonoma 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 California community of Ocean View [Sonoma County].
Delaware
Sussex County
This Ocean View is located in Sussex County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<2> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Ocean View.
Florida
Miami-Dade 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 Florida community of Ocean View [Miami-Dade County].
Hawaii
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 Hawaii community of Ocean View.
Massachusetts
Essex County
This Ocean View is located in Essex County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<2> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Ocean View.
New Jersey
Cape May County
This Ocean View is located in Cape May County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<2> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape May County community of Ocean View.
North Carolina
New Hanover County
This Ocean View is located in New Hanover County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<2> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Ocean View.
Oregon
Benton 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 Oregon community of Ocean View [Benton County].
Tillamook 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 Oregon community of Ocean View [Tillamook County].
Prince Edward Island
This Ocean View lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km]<2> to the northeast.
Rhode Island
Washington 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 Rhode Island community of Ocean View [Washington County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ocean View ...
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 Heights (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Ocean View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ocean View and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Ocean View to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 141 miles [226.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,946 miles [9,569.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,640 miles [10,686 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,521 miles [7,275.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Ocean View 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 '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- Ocean View) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ocean View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9499, Longitude: -76.2463 In this case, the coordinates for Ocean View 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 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.
<5>
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 Ocean View to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.546 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.749 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.132 degrees.