Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Selden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Selden and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Selden
- 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 Selden:
- 37.356252, -76.469115
- 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 Selden
- 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 Gloucester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Gloucester County
- Since Selden is near Mathews County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Mathews County
- eBird sighting report for York 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Selden ...
We found nine communities that share the name Selden.
Within Virginia, the name Selden is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Maine
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Selden ...
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.
- Clay Bank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Crab
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Gum Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Harbor Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Harbor Hills is located in Gloucester County
- Hermitage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Hermitage Banks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermitage Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Banks
- Hermitage Banks is located in Gloucester County
- Lands End
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Marshall Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
- Marshall Heights is located in Gloucester County
- Money
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Ordinary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordinary
- Ordinary is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ordinary <5>
- Oyster Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oyster Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Cove
- Oyster Cove is located in Gloucester County
- Point Lookout
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Lookout have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Lookout
- Point Lookout is located in Gloucester County
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- Quiet Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quiet Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Cove
- Quiet Cove is located in Gloucester County
- Rosewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Rosewell Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosewell Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewell Harbor
- Rosewell Harbor is located in Gloucester County
- Victory Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victory Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Hill
- Victory Hill is located in Gloucester County
- Quiet Cove
How Far From Selden to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Selden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Selden and extending to:
- Gloucester, which is the Seat of Gloucester County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Selden to Richmond, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 110 miles [177 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,938 miles [9,556.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,635 miles [10,678 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,515 miles [7,266.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Selden. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Gloucester County: www.co.gloucester.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Selden) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Selden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3563, Longitude: -76.4691 In this case, the coordinates for Selden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Selden 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Selden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Selden to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.651 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.931 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.068 degrees. |