Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Riverdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Riverdale and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Riverdale
- 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 Riverdale:
- 37.255138, -79.913926
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Riverdale
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Riverdale ...
We found 68 communities that share the name Riverdale.
There are five communities within Virginia that are also named Riverdale.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 63 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 63 communities, 63 are located in the United States and eight are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Chesapeake City
- Halifax County
- Hampton City
- Prince George County
- Southampton County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- DeKalb County
- This Riverdale is located in DeKalb County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Riverdale.
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Riverdale is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km] to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Riverdale.
- Arkansas
- California
- Fresno County
- This Riverdale is located in Fresno County and lies 2,191 miles [3,526.1 km]<1> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fresno County community of Riverdale.
- Mendocino County
- This Riverdale is located in Mendocino County and lies 2,349 miles [3,780.3 km] to the west northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Riverdale.
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Hernando County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Riverdale [Hernando County].
- Pasco County
- This Riverdale is located in Pasco County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pasco County community of Riverdale.
- Saint Johns County
- This Riverdale is located in Saint Johns County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km] to the south.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Johns County community of Riverdale.
- Georgia
- Clayton County
- This Riverdale is located in Clayton County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Riverdale.
- Dougherty County
- This Riverdale is located in Dougherty County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km] to the south southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Riverdale.
- Idaho
- Benewah County
- This Riverdale is located in Benewah County and lies 1,974 miles [3,176.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benewah County community of Riverdale.
- Franklin County
- This Riverdale is located in Franklin County and lies 1,718 miles [2,764.9 km] to the west northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Riverdale.
- Oneida County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Riverdale [Oneida County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Riverdale is located in Cook County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Riverdale.
- Crawford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Riverdale [Crawford County].
- Greene County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Riverdale [Greene County].
- Winnebago County
- This Riverdale is located in Winnebago County and lies 600 miles [965.6 km] to the northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Riverdale.
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Riverdale is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Riverdale.
- Prince George's County
- This Riverdale is located in Prince George's County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km] to the northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Riverdale.
- Massachusetts
- Essex County
- This Riverdale is located in Essex County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<1> to the northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Riverdale.
- Hampden County
- This Riverdale is located in Hampden County and lies 512 miles [824 km] to the northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Riverdale.
- Norfolk County
- This Riverdale is located in Norfolk County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km] to the northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Riverdale.
- Worcester County
- This Riverdale is located in Worcester County and lies 553 miles [890 km] to the northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Riverdale.
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New York
- Bronx County
- This Riverdale is located in Bronx County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<1> to the northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bronx County community of Riverdale.
- Oneida County
- This Riverdale is located in Oneida County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km] to the north northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Riverdale.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- North Carolina
- Craven County
- This Riverdale is located in Craven County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craven County community of Riverdale.
- Pitt County
- This Riverdale is located in Pitt County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km] to the southeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Riverdale.
- North Dakota
- Dickey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Riverdale [Dickey County].
- McLean County
- This Riverdale is located in McLean County and lies 1,296 miles [2,085.7 km]<1> to the northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Riverdale.
- Nova Scotia
- This Riverdale lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
- Ohio
- Hamilton County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Hamilton County, we don't know where within the .
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Riverdale.
- Montgomery County
- This Riverdale is located in Montgomery County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Riverdale.
- Pike County
- This Riverdale is located in Pike County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km] to the northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Riverdale.
- Washington County
- This Riverdale is located in Washington County and lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the north northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Riverdale.
- Wood County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Riverdale [Wood County].
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- This Riverdale is located in Multnomah County and lies 2,258 miles [3,633.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Multnomah County community of Riverdale.
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Riverdale [Washington County].
- Prince Edward Island
- This Riverdale lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<1> to the northeast.
- South Carolina
- Beaufort County
- This Riverdale is located in Beaufort County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the south.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Riverdale.
- Darlington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Riverdale [Darlington County].
- Dillon County
- This Riverdale is located in Dillon County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km] to the south.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dillon County community of Riverdale.
- Orangeburg County
- This Riverdale is located in Orangeburg County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km] to the south southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Riverdale.
- Spartanburg County
- This Riverdale is located in Spartanburg County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km] to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Riverdale.
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- This Riverdale is located in Knox County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Riverdale.
- Rutherford County
- This Riverdale is located in Rutherford County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km] to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Riverdale.
- Texas
- Utah
- Wyoming
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Riverdale ...
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.
- Bluestone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Cedar Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Cedar Bluff is located in Roanoke City
- Chestnut Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
- Chestnut Hills is located in Roanoke City
- Crystal Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Crystal Spring is located in Roanoke City
- Dundee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Foxfire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Garden City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Garden City is located in Roanoke City
- Heritage Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Acres
- Heritage Acres is located in Roanoke City
- Hickory Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
- Hickory Woods is located in Roanoke City
- Homeland Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homeland Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Hills
- Homeland Hills is located in Roanoke County
- Jamestown Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamestown Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Place
- Jamestown Place is located in Roanoke City
- Janette Land
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Janette Land have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janette Land
- Janette Land is located in Roanoke City
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- Lemon Dell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lemon Dell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Dell
- Lemon Dell is located in Roanoke City
- Leslie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Liberty Land
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Land have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Land
- Liberty Land is located in Roanoke City
- Lilly View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lilly View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly View
- Lilly View is located in Roanoke City
- Lincoln Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Court have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Court
- Lincoln Court is located in Roanoke City
- Lynn Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynn Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Haven
- Lynn Haven is located in Roanoke County
- Mayflower Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayflower Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Hills
- Mayflower Hills is located in Roanoke County
- Meadowland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowland
- Meadowland is located in Roanoke City
- Mount Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Roanoke County
- Mountain View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Roanoke City
- Peakwood Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peakwood Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakwood Hills
- Peakwood Hills is located in Roanoke City
- River Edge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Edge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Edge
- River Edge is located in Roanoke County
- Round Hill Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Hill Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill Park
- Round Hill Park is located in Roanoke City
- Rugby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Shadeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Spring Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Spring Grove is located in Roanoke County
- Springtree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springtree have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtree
- Springtree is located in Roanoke City
- Sunrise Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Heights
- Sunrise Heights is located in Roanoke City
- Virginia Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Heights
- Virginia Heights is located in Roanoke City
- Wildwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Yellowstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellowstone have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone
- Yellowstone is located in Roanoke City
- Lemon Dell
How Far From Riverdale 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 Riverdale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Riverdale and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Riverdale to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,090 miles [9,800.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,796 miles [10,937.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,673 miles [7,520.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Riverdale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Riverdale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Riverdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2551, Longitude: -79.9139 In this case, the coordinates for Riverdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Riverdale 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. |
| <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 Riverdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Riverdale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.656 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.204 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.496 degrees. |