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we pass this GPS location for Rivermont:
37.428753, -79.153914
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We found twelve communities that are also named Rivermont.
There are five communities within Virginia that are also named Rivermont.
Beyond Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Augusta County
This Rivermont is located in Augusta County and lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Rivermont.
Chesterfield County
This Rivermont is located in Chesterfield County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Rivermont.
Covington City
This Rivermont is located in Covington City and lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington City community of Rivermont.
Newport News City
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 Virginia community of Rivermont [Newport News City].
Roanoke City
This Rivermont is located in Roanoke City and lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Rivermont.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Colbert County
This Rivermont is located in Colbert County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Rivermont.
Lauderdale County
This Rivermont is located in Lauderdale County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Rivermont.
Tuscaloosa County
This Rivermont is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Rivermont.
Georgia
Floyd County
This Rivermont is located in Floyd County and lies 407 miles [655 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Rivermont.
North Carolina
Lenoir County
This Rivermont is located in Lenoir County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Rivermont.
Tennessee
Hamilton County
This Rivermont is located in Hamilton County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Rivermont.
Montgomery County
This Rivermont is located in Montgomery County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rivermont.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rivermont ...
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.
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 Rivermont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rivermont and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Rivermont 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 most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 153 miles [246.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,051 miles [9,738.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,754 miles [10,869.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,632 miles [7,454.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rivermont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Rivermont 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>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Rivermont 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 Rivermont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4288, Longitude: -79.1539 In this case, the coordinates for Rivermont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.205 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.714 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.126 degrees.