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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 Perth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Perth 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 Perth:
    • 37.016529, -78.995015
    • 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 Perth
  • 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 Halifax County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Halifax County
    • Since Perth is near Campbell County and also Charlotte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charlotte 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 Perth

Communities Also Named Perth ...

We found ten communities that are also named Perth.

Within Virginia, the name Perth is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Perth is located in New Castle County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Perth that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Perth.
    • Indiana
      • Clay County
      • This Perth is located in Clay County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Perth that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Perth.
    • Kansas
      • Sumner County
      • This Perth is located in Sumner County and lies 1,017 miles [1,636.7 km]<1> to the west of the Perth that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Perth.
    • Minnesota
      • Blue Earth County
      • This Perth is located in Blue Earth County and lies 939 miles [1,511.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Perth that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blue Earth County community of Perth.
    • Mississippi
      • Jefferson County
      • This Perth is located in Jefferson County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Perth that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Perth.
    • Nevada
      • Pershing County
      • This Perth is located in Pershing County and lies 2,126 miles [3,421.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Perth that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pershing County community of Perth.
    • New York
      • Fulton County
      • This Perth is located in Fulton County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Perth that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Perth.
    • North Carolina
      • Iredell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Perth [Iredell County].
    • North Dakota
      • Towner County
      • This Perth is located in Towner County and lies 1,306 miles [2,101.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Perth that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Towner County community of Perth.
    • Ontario
      • This Perth lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Perth that is located in Halifax County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Perth ...

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.

  • Acorn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Acorn is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
  • Cody
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cody is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
  • Green Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Hill is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Long Island
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Long Island is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
  • Martins Store
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Martins Store is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Store
  • Patrick Henry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Patrick Henry is located in Charlotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Henry
  • Republican Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Republican Grove is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republican Grove
  • Sugar Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sugar Hill is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
  • Terryville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Terryville is located in Charlotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville

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

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

  • Halifax, which is the Seat of Halifax County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Perth to Halifax, with an average speed<3> 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 93 miles [149.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 168 miles [270.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,062 miles [9,755.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,763 miles [10,884 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,642 miles [7,470.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Perth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Perth 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.
<3>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.
<4>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 Perth 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 Perth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0165, Longitude: -78.9950       In this case, the coordinates for Perth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.124 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.56 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.201 degrees.