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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 Rolands Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rolands Mill 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 Rolands Mill:
- 37.329870, -77.181363
- 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 Rolands Mill
- 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 Charles City County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles City County
- Since Rolands Mill is near Prince George County and also Chesterfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield 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 Rolands Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rolands Mill ...
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.
- Charles City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Five Forks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Five Forks is located in Hopewell City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Freetown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Freetown is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Garysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Greenway
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenway is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jordans Point ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jordans Point is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordans Point
- Merchants Hope ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Merchants Hope is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merchants Hope
- Rivers Edge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rivers Edge is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers Edge
- Wayside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wayside is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
How Far From Rolands Mill to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rolands Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rolands Mill and extending to:
- Charles City, which is the Seat of Charles City County, lies just to the East.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Rolands Mill to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 108 miles [173.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 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 6,669 miles [10,732.7 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rolands Mill) 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 Rolands Mill 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 Rolands Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3299, Longitude: -77.1814 In this case, the coordinates for Rolands Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.061 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.395 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.362 degrees. |
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