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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 Robley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Robley and the surrounding area.
- 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 Robley:
- 37.846803, -76.580232
- 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 Robley
- 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 Richmond County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- Since Robley is near Lancaster County and also Northumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland County
- 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 Robley
Communities Also Named Robley ...
We found one communities that are also named Robley.
Within Virginia, the name Robley is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Robley in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Crawford 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 Georgia community of Robley [Crawford County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Robley ...
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.
- Bridgetown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgetown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Chestnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Fairplay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fairplay is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Georgetown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Griffins Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Griffins Landing is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Landing
- Heathsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Howland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Howland is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
- Lively
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moon Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moon Corner is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Corner
- Mulch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mulch is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulch
- Nuttsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nuttsville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nuttsville
- Pierces Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pierces Corner is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Corner
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rainswood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rainswood is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainswood
- Tidewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tidewater is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidewater
- Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Village is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village
- Williams Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Corner is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corner
How Far From Robley 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 Robley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Robley and extending to:
- Warsaw, which is the Seat of Richmond County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Robley to Warsaw, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 76 miles [122.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,922 miles [9,530.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,622 miles [10,657.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,501 miles [7,243.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Robley 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Robley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Robley 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 Robley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8468, Longitude: -76.5802 In this case, the coordinates for Robley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.687 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.047 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.927 degrees. |
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