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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 Robin Hood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Robin Hood Park 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 Robin Hood Park:
    • 37.270413, -80.082262
    • 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 Robin Hood Park
  • 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 Roanoke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke County
    • Since Robin Hood Park is near Salem City and also Roanoke City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Salem City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke City
  • 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 Robin Hood Park

Communities Also Named Robin Hood Park ...

We found one communities that are also named Robin Hood Park.

Within Virginia, the name Robin Hood Park is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Robin Hood Park in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Mexico
      • Otero 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 New Mexico community of Robin Hood Park [Otero County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Robin Hood Park ...

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.

  • Bear Rock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Bear Rock is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Rock
  • Cliffview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cliffview is located in Salem City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffview
  • Deep Dell
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Deep Dell is located in Salem City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Dell
  • Dropmore
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Dropmore is located in Salem City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dropmore
  • Evans Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Evans Hill is located in Salem City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Hill
  • Grandview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Grandview is located in Salem City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Green Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Green Hill is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Hickory Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Hill is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
  • Hidden Valley Court
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hidden Valley Court is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Court
  • Hockman
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hockman is located in Salem City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockman
  • Homeplace
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Homeplace is located in Salem City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeplace
  • Honeysuckle Bluff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Honeysuckle Bluff is located in Salem City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Bluff
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Jones
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jones is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
    • Karen Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Karen Hills is located in Salem City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karen Hills
    • King
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • King is located in Salem City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • Lake Spring
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Lake Spring is located in Salem City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
    • Lake View
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Lake View is located in Salem City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
    • Lee - Mitchell
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lee - Mitchell is located in Salem City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee - Mitchell
    • Lewis Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Lewis Place is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Place
    • Locust Grove Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Locust Grove Park is located in Salem City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove Park
    • Luther Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Luther Park is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther Park
    • Mitchell
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Mitchell is located in Salem City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
    • Mountain View
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Mountain View is located in Salem City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Orchard Court
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Orchard Court is located in Salem City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Court
    • Quail Crossing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Quail Crossing is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Crossing
    • Rolling Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Rolling Hills is located in Salem City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Shamrock
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Shamrock is located in Salem City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
    • Skyview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Skyview is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyview
    • Spangler
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Spangler is located in Salem City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
    • Stonegate
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Stonegate is located in Salem City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
    • Sugar Loaf Highlands
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sugar Loaf Highlands is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf Highlands
    • Vermont Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Vermont Heights is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont Heights
    • Woodlawn
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Woodlawn is located in Salem City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Robin Hood Park 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 Robin Hood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 146 miles [235 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Robin Hood Park to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 200 miles [321.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,097 miles [9,812.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,802 miles [10,946.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,679 miles [7,530.1 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 Robin Hood Park 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Robin Hood Park) 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 Robin Hood Park 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 Robin Hood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2704, Longitude: -80.0823       In this case, the coordinates for Robin Hood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.755 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.319 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.56 degrees.