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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 Ocran, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ocran and the surrounding area.
- 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 Ocran:
- 37.659309, -76.349670
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Ocran
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since Ocran is near Northumberland County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Ocran
Communities Also Named Ocran ...
We found one communities that are also named Ocran.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Ocran.
Beyond Virginia.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Dinwiddie 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 Virginia community of Ocran [Dinwiddie County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ocran ...
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.
- Bushy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bushy is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy
- Christ Church
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Christ Church is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christ Church
- Cove Colony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cove Colony is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Colony
- Deltaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ditchley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ditchley is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ditchley
- Free Shade Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Free Shade Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Shade Corner
- Good Luck
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Good Luck is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Luck
- Grace Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Grace Point is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Point
- Hardyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harveys
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Harveys is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveys
- Highland Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Highland Landing is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Landing
- Merry Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Queenstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Queenstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Regent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Regent is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regent
- Sandy Bottom ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sandy Bottom is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Slabtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Slabtown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Stingray Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Topping
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wake is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
How Far From Ocran 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 Ocran to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Ocran and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ocran to Lancaster, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 59 miles [95 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 93 miles [149.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,920 miles [9,527.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,618 miles [10,650.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,498 miles [7,238.8 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 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 Ocran 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Ocran) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Ocran 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 Ocran. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6593, Longitude: -76.3497 In this case, the coordinates for Ocran have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.565 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.879 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.906 degrees. |
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