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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 Sanville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sanville 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 Sanville:
- 36.719859, -80.059212
- 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 Sanville
- 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 Henry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Since Sanville is near Patrick County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Patrick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Sanville
Communities Also Named Sanville ...
We found one communities that are also named Sanville.
Within Virginia, the name Sanville is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Sanville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Guilford 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 North Carolina community of Sanville [Guilford County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sanville ...
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.
- Blackberry
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Blackberry is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry
- Craig
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Craig is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Elamsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Grassy Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Henry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Horse Pasture
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Patrick Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Reed Creek Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
- Rock Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rock Run is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Stanleytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stones Store
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stones Store is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Store
How Far From Sanville 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 Sanville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sanville and extending to:
- Collinsville, which is the Seat of Henry County, lies just to the East.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Sanville 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 223 miles [358.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,120 miles [9,849.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,823 miles [10,980.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,701 miles [7,565.5 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 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 Sanville 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' (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- Sanville) 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 Sanville 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 Sanville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7199, Longitude: -80.0592 In this case, the coordinates for Sanville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.753 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.235 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.73 degrees. |
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