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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 Sheppards, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sheppards 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 Sheppards:
- 37.390850, -78.485029
- 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 Sheppards
- 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 Buckingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buckingham County
- Since Sheppards is near Prince Edward County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince Edward County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Sheppards
Communities Also Named Sheppards ...
We found one communities that are also named Sheppards.
Within Virginia, the name Sheppards is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Sheppards in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Screven County
- This Sheppards is located in Screven County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sheppards that is located in Buckingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Screven County community of Sheppards.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sheppards ...
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.
- Chestnut Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Curdsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Guinea Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hawk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hawk is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk
- Hixburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hixburg is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixburg
- Hurtsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Tuggle
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
How Far From Sheppards 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 Sheppards to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sheppards and extending to:
- Buckingham, which is the Seat of Buckingham County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sheppards to Buckingham, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 58 miles [93.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 130 miles [209.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,024 miles [9,694.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,726 miles [10,824.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,604 miles [7,409.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Sheppards) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Sheppards 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 Sheppards. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3909, Longitude: -78.4850 In this case, the coordinates for Sheppards have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.814 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.263 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.866 degrees. |
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