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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 Rotherwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rotherwood 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 Rotherwood:
    • 38.436794, -78.028331
    • 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 Rotherwood
  • 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 Rotherwood ...

We found three communities that share the name Rotherwood.

Within Virginia, the name Rotherwood is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Carroll 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 Rotherwood [Carroll County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hawkins County
      • This Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Rotherwood that is located in Culpeper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Rotherwood.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Rotherwood is located in Harris County and lies 1,148 miles [1,847.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Rotherwood that is located in Culpeper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Rotherwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rotherwood ...

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.

  • Braggs Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Braggs Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggs Corner
    • Braggs Corner is located in Culpeper County
  • Cedarbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
    • Cedarbrook is located in Culpeper County
  • Fordsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fordsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordsville
    • Fordsville is located in Madison County
  • Friendship Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Heights
    • Friendship Heights is located in Culpeper County
  • Greens Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greens Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Corner
    • Greens Corner is located in Culpeper County
  • Griffinsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
    • Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
  • High Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • High Point is located in Culpeper County
  • Leon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
    • Leon is located in Madison County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <4>
  • Meadows of Culpeper
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadows of Culpeper have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows of Culpeper
    • Meadows of Culpeper is located in Culpeper County
  • Norman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
    • Norman is located in Culpeper County
  • Raccoon Ford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raccoon Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Ford
    • Raccoon Ford is located in Culpeper County
  • Surprise
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Surprise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
    • Surprise is located in Culpeper County

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

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

  • Culpeper, which is the Seat of Culpeper County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Rotherwood to Richmond, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 62 miles [99.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,959 miles [9,590.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,541 miles [7,308 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rotherwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Culpeper County: www.culpepercounty.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 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 Rotherwood 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rotherwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rotherwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4368, Longitude: -78.0283       In this case, the coordinates for Rotherwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Rotherwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.50 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.063 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.303 degrees.




 

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