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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 Skippers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skippers 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 Skippers:
    • 36.611929, -77.547118
    • 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 Skippers
  • 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 Greensville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greensville County
    • Since Skippers is near Northampton County and also Emporia City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Emporia City
  • 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 Skippers

Curious and Interesting Names Near Skippers ...

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.

  • Brewers Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Brewers Crossroads is located in Northampton County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers Crossroads
  • Brink
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Brink is located in Greensville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
  • Green Plain
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Plain is located in Greensville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Plain
  • Greenwood Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Greenwood Park is located in Greensville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Park
  • Harris Crossroads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Harris Crossroads is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Crossroads
  • James River Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • James River Junction is located in Greensville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James River Junction
  • Kingsberry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Kingsberry is located in Greensville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsberry
  • Lanes Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lanes Corner is located in Greensville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Corner
  • Lincoln Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Greensville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Mitchells Mill
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Mitchells Mill is located in Greensville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Mill
    • Moonlight
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Moonlight is located in Greensville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonlight
    • Paris Store
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Paris Store is located in Greensville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Store
    • Pleasant Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Slates Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Slates Corner is located in Greensville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slates Corner
    • Walnut Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Walnut Heights is located in Greensville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Heights

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Skippers and extending to:

  • Emporia, which is the Seat of Greensville County, lies just to the North.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Skippers to Richmond, with an average speed<3> 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 160 miles [257.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,017 miles [9,683.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,713 miles [10,803.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,593 miles [7,391.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Skippers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Skippers 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 Skippers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6119, Longitude: -77.5471    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.303 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.562 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.764 degrees.