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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 Red Banks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Banks 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 Red Banks:
- 38.798725, -78.595847
- 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 Red Banks
- 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 Shenandoah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shenandoah County
- Since Red Banks is near Page County and also Hardy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Page County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardy 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 Red Banks
Communities Also Named Red Banks ...
We found four communities that are also named Red Banks.
Within Virginia, the name Red Banks is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Marshall County
- This Red Banks is located in Marshall County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Red Banks that is located in Shenandoah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Red Banks.
- North Carolina
- Robeson County
- This Red Banks is located in Robeson County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the south of the Red Banks that is located in Shenandoah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robeson County community of Red Banks.
- Wisconsin
- Brown County
- This Red Banks is located in Brown County and lies 623 miles [1,002.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Red Banks that is located in Shenandoah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Red Banks.
- Waupaca County
- This Red Banks is located in Waupaca County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km] to the northwest of the Red Banks that is located in Shenandoah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waupaca County community of Red Banks.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Banks ...
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.
- Calvary
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Edinburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Harmony
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Kings Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kings Crossing is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
- Locust Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Readus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Readus is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readus
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
How Far From Red Banks 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 Red Banks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Red Banks once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Red Banks and extending to:
- Woodstock, which is the Seat of Shenandoah County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Red Banks to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 84 miles [135.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,967 miles [9,603 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,676 miles [10,744 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,552 miles [7,325.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Red Banks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Red Banks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Red Banks 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 Red Banks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7987, Longitude: -78.5958 In this case, the coordinates for Red Banks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.819 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.481 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.41 degrees. |
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