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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 Otterburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Otterburn 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 Otterburn:
- 37.339039, -77.998336
- 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 Otterburn
- 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 Amelia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amelia County
- Since Otterburn is near Nottoway County and also Powhatan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nottoway County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Powhatan 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 Otterburn
Communities Also Named Otterburn ...
We found one communities that are also named Otterburn.
Within Virginia, the name Otterburn is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Otterburn in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Genesee 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 Michigan community of Otterburn [Genesee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Otterburn ...
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.
- Clays Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clays Corner is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Corner
- Fieldstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldstown is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstown
- Five Forks ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Five Forks is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Goode Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goode Crossing is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode Crossing
- Haw Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Haw Branch is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haw Branch
- Jetersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Masons Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Paineville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
How Far From Otterburn 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 Otterburn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Otterburn and extending to:
- Amelia Court House, which is the Seat of Amelia County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Otterburn to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 119 miles [191.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,005 miles [9,664.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,706 miles [10,792.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,584 miles [7,377.2 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 Otterburn 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Otterburn) 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 Otterburn 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 Otterburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3390, Longitude: -77.9983 In this case, the coordinates for Otterburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.533 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.934 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.687 degrees. |
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