Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sharps, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sharps and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sharps
- 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 Sharps:
- 37.824027, -76.700791
- 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 Sharps
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- Since Sharps is near Essex County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Essex County
- eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 Sharps ...
We found three communities that share the name Sharps.
Within Virginia, the name Sharps is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Iowa
- North Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sharps ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Bridgetown is located in Lancaster County
- Center Cross
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Cross have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cross
- Center Cross is located in Essex County
- Dunnsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnsville
- Dunnsville is located in Essex County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunnsville <4>
- Fairplay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Indian Field
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Field have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Field
- Indian Field is located in Richmond County
- Island Farm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Farm
- Island Farm is located in Essex County
- Laneview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Moon Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moon Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Corner
- Moon Corner is located in Richmond County
- Mulch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Nesting
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Nuttsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nuttsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nuttsville
- Nuttsville is located in Lancaster County
- Pierces Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierces Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Corner
- Pierces Corner is located in Lancaster County
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Red Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Tidewater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Upright
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Wildwood Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Beach
- Wildwood Beach is located in Essex County
- Red Hill
How Far From Sharps 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 Sharps to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sharps and extending to:
- Warsaw, which is the Seat of Richmond County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sharps to Warsaw, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 44 miles [70.8 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 about three full 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,929 miles [9,541.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,628 miles [10,666.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,507 miles [7,253.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sharps. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Richmond County: www.co.richmond.va.us/
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 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 Sharps 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sharps) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sharps. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8240, Longitude: -76.7008 In this case, the coordinates for Sharps 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 Sharps 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 307.758 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.124 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.985 degrees. |