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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 Penlan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Penlan 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 Penlan:
- 37.663756, -78.367225
- 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 Penlan
- 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 Buckingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buckingham County
- Since Penlan is near Fluvanna County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fluvanna County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Penlan
Communities Also Named Penlan ...
We found one communities that are also named Penlan.
Within Virginia, the name Penlan is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Penlan in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Morrow 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 Ohio community of Penlan [Morrow County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Penlan ...
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.
- Alpha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alpha is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Cloverdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Fork Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Gravel Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Hardware
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hardware is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardware
- Hatcher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hatcher is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatcher
- Kidds Store
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kidds Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidds Store
- Slate Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Slate Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
- Sunny Side
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunny Side is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Tally ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tally is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tally
- Union Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Union Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
How Far From Penlan to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Penlan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Penlan and extending to:
- Buckingham, which is the Seat of Buckingham County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Penlan to Buckingham, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 111 miles [178.6 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 6,007 miles [9,667.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,710 miles [10,798.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,587 miles [7,382.1 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 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 Penlan 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 '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- Penlan) 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 Penlan 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 Penlan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6638, Longitude: -78.3672 In this case, the coordinates for Penlan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.735 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.213 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.722 degrees. |
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