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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 Perdue, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Perdue 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 Perdue:
    • 37.350983, -77.637214
    • 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 Perdue
  • 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 Chesterfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
    • Since Perdue is near Amelia County and also Dinwiddie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Amelia County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dinwiddie 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 Perdue

Communities Also Named Perdue ...

We found five communities that are also named Perdue.

Within Virginia, the name Perdue is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coffee 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 Alabama community of Perdue [Coffee County].
    • Mississippi
      • Newton County
      • This Perdue is located in Newton County and lies 723 miles [1,163.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Perdue that is located in Chesterfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Perdue.
    • Oregon
      • Douglas County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Perdue [Douglas County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Perdue lies 1,764 miles [2,838.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Perdue that is located in Chesterfield County.
    • Tennessee
      • Sumner 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 Tennessee community of Perdue [Sumner County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Perdue ...

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.

  • Arrowhead
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Arrowhead is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
  • Chestnut Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Courthouse Green
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Courthouse Green is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courthouse Green
  • Edenshire
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Edenshire is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenshire
  • Fairpines
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairpines is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairpines
  • Five Forks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Five Forks is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Holly ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Holly is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
  • Hunters Green
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunters Green is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Green
  • Kings Forest
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kings Forest is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
  • Land O'Pines
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Land O'Pines is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land O'Pines
  • Leader
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Leader is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leader
  • Lost Forest
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Lost Forest is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Forest
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Nuttree ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Nuttree is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nuttree
    • Otterdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Otterdale is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterdale
    • Rolling Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rolling Hills is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Skinquarter
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Skinquarter is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinquarter

How Far From Perdue 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 Perdue to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Perdue once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Perdue and extending to:

  • Chesterfield, which is the Seat of Chesterfield County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Perdue to Richmond, 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 111 miles [178.6 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 5,989 miles [9,638.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,689 miles [10,764.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,568 miles [7,351.5 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 Perdue 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 from Point A (ie- Perdue) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Perdue, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Perdue 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 Perdue. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3510, Longitude: -77.6372       In this case, the coordinates for Perdue have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.324 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.697 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.537 degrees.