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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 Philbeck Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Philbeck Crossroads 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 Philbeck Crossroads:
- 36.769584, -78.558889
- 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 Philbeck Crossroads
- 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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mecklenburg County
- Since Philbeck Crossroads is near Charlotte County and also Halifax County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlotte County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Halifax 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 Philbeck Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Philbeck Crossroads ...
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.
- Bluestone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bluestone is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestone
- Buffalo Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Chase City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clarksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dryburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dryburg is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryburg
- Five Forks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Five Forks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Gregory Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gregory Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Corner
- Kings Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Crossroads is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossroads
- Perfect Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Perfect Point is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perfect Point
- Public Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Public Fork is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Public Fork
- Rogers Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Corner
- Spanish Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spanish Grove is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Grove
How Far From Philbeck Crossroads 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 Philbeck Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Philbeck Crossroads and extending to:
- Boydton, which is the Seat of Mecklenburg County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Philbeck Crossroads to Boydton, with an average speed<3> 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 81 miles [130.4 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 168 miles [270.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 6,054 miles [9,743 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,753 miles [10,867.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,632 miles [7,454.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Philbeck Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Philbeck Crossroads 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 Philbeck Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7696, Longitude: -78.5589 In this case, the coordinates for Philbeck Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.879 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.243 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.11 degrees. |
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