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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).

When in Poquoson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Poquoson and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Poquoson:
    • 37.122366, -76.345777
    • 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 Poquoson
  • 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 Poquoson

Communities Also Named Poquoson ...

We found one communities that are also named Poquoson.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Poquoson.

Beyond Virginia.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • York 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 Virginia community of Poquoson [York County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Poquoson ...

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.

  • Cedar Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Park is located in Hampton City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
  • Earness
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Earness is located in Poquoson City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earness
  • Edgewater
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Edgewater is located in Hampton City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
  • Evergreen Shores
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Evergreen Shores is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Shores
  • Fox Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fox Hill is located in Hampton City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
  • Grand View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Grand View is located in Hampton City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
  • Holiday Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Holiday Park is located in Hampton City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
  • Messick ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Messick is located in Poquoson City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messick
  • Odd
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Odd is located in Poquoson City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Poquoson and extending to:

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Poquoson to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 128 miles [206 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,943 miles [9,564.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,519 miles [7,272.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Poquoson 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 . 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Poquoson) 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 Poquoson 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 Poquoson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1224, Longitude: -76.3458       In this case, the coordinates for Poquoson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.593 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.829 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.107 degrees.