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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 Regent, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Regent 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 Regent:
- 37.588193, -76.441614
- 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 Regent
- 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Since Regent is near Lancaster County and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester 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 Regent
Communities Also Named Regent ...
We found five communities that are also named Regent.
Within Virginia, the name Regent is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Johnson 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 Regent [Johnson County].
- Manitoba
- This Regent lies 1,435 miles [2,309.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Regent that is located in Middlesex County.
- Nevada
- Mineral County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Mineral County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Regent.
- North Dakota
- Hettinger County
- This Regent is located in Hettinger County and lies 1,463 miles [2,354.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Regent that is located in Middlesex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hettinger County community of Regent.
- Ontario
- This Regent lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Regent that is located in Middlesex County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Regent ...
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.
- Bushy
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bushy is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy
- Cooper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cooper is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Free Shade Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Free Shade Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Shade Corner
- Freeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Freeport is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Hardyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Harmony Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village
- Hartfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Locust Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nohead Bottom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nohead Bottom is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nohead Bottom
- Piankatank Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Piankatank Shores is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piankatank Shores
- Stampers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stampers is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampers
- Topping
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wake is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
How Far From Regent to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Regent to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Regent and extending to:
- Saluda, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies just to the West.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Regent to Richmond, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 96 miles [154.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,927 miles [9,538.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,625 miles [10,661.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,505 miles [7,250.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Regent 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 '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- Regent) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Regent, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Regent 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 Regent. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5882, Longitude: -76.4416 In this case, the coordinates for Regent have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.622 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.933 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.97 degrees. |
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