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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 Poorhouse Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Poorhouse Corner 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 Poorhouse Corner:
- 38.028468, -77.270534
- 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 Poorhouse Corner
- 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 Caroline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
- Since Poorhouse Corner is near King and Queen County and also Essex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for King and Queen County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex 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 Poorhouse Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Poorhouse Corner ...
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.
- Bowling Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Butlers Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Butlers Fork is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Fork
- Daniel Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Daniel Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Corner
- Hard Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hard Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Corner
- Hickory Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Fork is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Fork
- Hicks Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hicks Mill is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Mill
- Howards Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Howards Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Corner
- Jones Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jones Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Liberty Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Liberty Fork is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Fork
- Martins Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Martins Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
- Oak Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Corner
- Penny Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Penny Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penny Corner
- Range Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Range Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range Corner
- Raymonds Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Raymonds Fork is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymonds Fork
How Far From Poorhouse Corner 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 Poorhouse Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Poorhouse Corner and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Caroline County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Poorhouse Corner to Richmond, with an average speed<3> 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 about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 61 miles [98.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,944 miles [9,565.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,646 miles [10,695.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,524 miles [7,280.7 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Poorhouse Corner) 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 Poorhouse Corner 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 Poorhouse Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0285, Longitude: -77.2705 In this case, the coordinates for Poorhouse Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.077 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.519 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.14 degrees. |
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