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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Robin Hood Park
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Salem City
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Robin Hood Park ...
We found one communities that share the name 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].
- New Mexico
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) - Cliffview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Deep Dell
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Dropmore
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Evans Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Hill
- Evans Hill is located in Salem City
- Grandview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Green Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Green Hill is located in Roanoke County
- Hickory Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Hickory Hill is located in Roanoke County
- Hidden Valley Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Valley Court have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Court
- Hidden Valley Court is located in Roanoke County
- Hockman
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Homeplace
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Honeysuckle Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honeysuckle Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Bluff
- Honeysuckle Bluff is located in Salem City
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- Jones
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Karen Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Karen Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karen Hills
- Karen Hills is located in Salem City
- King
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Lake Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
- Lake Spring is located in Salem City
- Lake View
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Lee - Mitchell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee - Mitchell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee - Mitchell
- Lee - Mitchell is located in Salem City
- Lewis Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis Place have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Place
- Lewis Place is located in Roanoke County
- Locust Grove Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove Park
- Locust Grove Park is located in Salem City
- Luther Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luther Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther Park
- Luther Park is located in Roanoke County
- Mitchell
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Mountain View
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Salem City
- Orchard Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Court have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Court
- Orchard Court is located in Salem City
- Quail Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Crossing
- Quail Crossing is located in Roanoke County
- Rolling Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rolling Hills is located in Salem City
- Shamrock
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Skyview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Spangler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Stonegate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Sugar Loaf Highlands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Loaf Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf Highlands
- Sugar Loaf Highlands is located in Roanoke County
- Vermont Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vermont Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont Heights
- Vermont Heights is located in Roanoke County
- Woodlawn
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jones
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<3> beginning in Robin Hood Park and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 146 miles [235 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Robin Hood Park to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,679 miles [7,530.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Robin Hood Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Roanoke County: www.roanokecountyva.gov/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 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 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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- Robin Hood Park) to Point B.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). |
| <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 Robin Hood Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.755 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.319 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.56 degrees. |