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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 Robinwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Robinwood 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 Robinwood:
    • 37.512647, -77.354980
    • 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 Robinwood
  • 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 Henrico County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henrico County
    • Since Robinwood is near Richmond County and also Richmond City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond 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 Robinwood

Communities Also Named Robinwood ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Robinwood.

There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Robinwood.

Beyond Virginia, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Chesterfield County
      • This Robinwood is located in Chesterfield County and lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Robinwood that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Robinwood.
    • Danville City
      • This Robinwood is located in Danville City and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Robinwood that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Danville City community of Robinwood.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Robinwood is located in Jefferson County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Robinwood that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Robinwood.
      • Mobile County
      • This Robinwood is located in Mobile County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km] to the southwest of the Robinwood that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Robinwood.
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski 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 Arkansas community of Robinwood [Pulaski County].
    • Illinois
      • Johnson County
      • This Robinwood is located in Johnson County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the west of the Robinwood that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Robinwood.
    • Indiana
      • Vigo 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 Indiana community of Robinwood [Vigo County].
    • Louisiana
      • Tangipahoa Parish
      • This Robinwood is located in Tangipahoa Parish and lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Robinwood that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tangipahoa Parish community of Robinwood.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Robinwood is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Robinwood that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Robinwood.
      • Washington County
      • This Robinwood is located in Washington County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the north of the Robinwood that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Robinwood.
    • Mississippi
      • Lawrence County
      • This Robinwood is located in Lawrence County and lies 834 miles [1,342.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Robinwood that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Robinwood.
    • New York
      • Hamilton County
      • This Robinwood is located in Hamilton County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Robinwood that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Robinwood.
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • This Robinwood is located in Clackamas County and lies 2,373 miles [3,819 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Robinwood that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Robinwood.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Robinwood is located in Davis County and lies 1,854 miles [2,983.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Robinwood that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Robinwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Robinwood ...

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.

  • Fair Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fair Oaks is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
  • Gilbert Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Gilbert Gardens is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Gardens
  • Heckler Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Heckler Village is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heckler Village
  • Lee Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Lee Park is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Park
  • Lewis Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lewis Gardens is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Gardens
  • Lower Rocketts
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lower Rocketts is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Rocketts
  • Sandston Highland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Sandston Highland is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandston Highland
  • Seven Pines
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Seven Pines is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
  • Virginia Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Virginia Heights is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Heights
  • Woodlawn Terrace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Woodlawn Terrace is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Terrace

How Far From Robinwood 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 Robinwood to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Robinwood and extending to:

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Robinwood to White House, with an average speed<3>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 three full days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,970 miles [9,607.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,670 miles [10,734.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,548 miles [7,319.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Robinwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Robinwood 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.
<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 Robinwood 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 Robinwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5126, Longitude: -77.3550       In this case, the coordinates for Robinwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.153 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.527 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.365 degrees.