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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 Queens Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Queens Lake 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 Queens Lake:
    • 37.290423, -76.657733
    • 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 Queens Lake
  • 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
    • Since Queens Lake is near Williamsburg City and also James City County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Williamsburg City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for James City 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 Queens Lake

Communities Also Named Queens Lake ...

We found one communities that are also named Queens Lake.

Within Virginia, the name Queens Lake is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Queens Lake in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Clinton 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 Illinois community of Queens Lake [Clinton County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Queens Lake ...

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.

  • Booth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Booth is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
  • Carp Circle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Carp Circle is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carp Circle
  • Charles Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Charles Corner is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Corner
  • Chisel Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Chisel Run is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisel Run
  • Clay Bank
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Clay Bank is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Bank
  • Greensprings
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Greensprings is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensprings
  • Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Grove is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
  • Hermitage
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hermitage is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
  • Hermitage Banks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hermitage Banks is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Banks
  • Hollybrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hollybrook is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollybrook
  • Indigo Terrace
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Indigo Terrace is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo Terrace
  • James Terrace
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • James Terrace is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Terrace
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Jamestown Farms
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jamestown Farms is located in James City County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Farms
    • Kingspoint
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Kingspoint is located in James City County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingspoint
    • Kingswood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Kingswood is located in James City County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
    • Oaktree
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Oaktree is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaktree
    • Porta Bello
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Porta Bello is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porta Bello
    • Queenswood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Queenswood is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenswood
    • Rich Neck Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Rich Neck Heights is located in Williamsburg City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Neck Heights
    • Rosewell
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Rosewell is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewell
    • Rosewell Harbor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Rosewell Harbor is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewell Harbor
    • Sawmill Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sawmill Corner is located in James City County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill Corner
    • Walnut Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Walnut Hills is located in Williamsburg City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills

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

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

  • Yorktown, which is the Seat of York County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Queens Lake to Yorktown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 112 miles [180.2 km] to the north (N). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,949 miles [9,574 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 4,526 miles [7,283.9 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Queens Lake 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 '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- Queens Lake) 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 Queens Lake 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 Queens Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2904, Longitude: -76.6577       In this case, the coordinates for Queens Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.762 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.048 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.167 degrees.