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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 Old Dominion, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Dominion 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 Old Dominion:
    • 37.827642, -78.666127
    • 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 Old Dominion
  • 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 Old Dominion ...

We found two communities that share the name Old Dominion.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Old Dominion.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Old Dominion in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • James City 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 Old Dominion [James City County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Leflore County
      • This Old Dominion is located in Leflore County and lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Old Dominion that is located in Albemarle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leflore County community of Old Dominion.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Dominion ...

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.

  • Boiling Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boiling Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
    • Boiling Spring is located in Albemarle County
  • Bungletown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bungletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungletown
    • Bungletown is located in Albemarle County
  • Covesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
    • Covesville is located in Albemarle County
  • Heards
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heards have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heards
    • Heards is located in Albemarle County
  • Howardsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
    • Howardsville is located in Albemarle County
  • Moses Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moses Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses Crossing
    • Moses Crossing is located in Nelson County
  • Porters
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
    • Porters is located in Albemarle County
  • Rockfish
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
    • Rockfish is located in Nelson County
  • Twin Poplars
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Poplars have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Poplars
    • Twin Poplars is located in Nelson County

How Far From Old Dominion to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Old Dominion to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Old Dominion and extending to:

  • Charlottesville, which is the Seat of Albemarle County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Old Dominion to Charlottesville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 115 miles [185.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,012 miles [9,675.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,717 miles [10,810 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,594 miles [7,393.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Old Dominion. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Albemarle County: www.albemarle.org/

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Old Dominion 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 '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- Old Dominion) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Dominion. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8276, Longitude: -78.6661       In this case, the coordinates for Old Dominion 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 Old Dominion 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 308.904 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.43 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.787 degrees.




 

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