Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Skipwith Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skipwith Farms and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Skipwith Farms
- 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 Skipwith Farms:
- 37.298480, -76.731069
- 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 Skipwith Farms
- 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 Skipwith Farms ...
We found one communities that share the name Skipwith Farms.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Skipwith Farms.
Beyond Virginia.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Henrico 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 Virginia community of Skipwith Farms [Henrico County].
- Henrico County
Curious and Interesting Names Near Skipwith Farms ...
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.
- Adams Hunt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adams Hunt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Hunt
- Adams Hunt is located in James City County
- Camelot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in James City County
- Chisel Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chisel Run have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisel Run
- Chisel Run is located in James City County
- Five Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Five Forks is located in James City County
- Fords Colony
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fords Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Colony
- Fords Colony is located in James City County
- Forest Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Forest Glen is located in James City County
- Fox Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Greensprings
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greensprings have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensprings
- Greensprings is located in York County
- Hollybrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollybrook
- Hollybrook is located in James City County
- Indigo Terrace
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indigo Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo Terrace
- Indigo Terrace is located in James City County
- Jamestown Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamestown Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Farms
- Jamestown Farms is located in James City County
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- Kingswood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Lightfoot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lightfoot have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoot
- Lightfoot is located in James City County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lightfoot <3>
- Longhill Gate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longhill Gate have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longhill Gate
- Longhill Gate is located in James City County
- Middle Plantation
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Plantation
- Middle Plantation is located in James City County
- Oaktree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Queenswood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queenswood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenswood
- Queenswood is located in York County
- Rich Neck Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Neck Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Neck Heights
- Rich Neck Heights is located in Williamsburg City
- Steeple Chase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steeple Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeple Chase
- Steeple Chase is located in James City County
- Walnut Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
- Walnut Hills is located in Williamsburg City
- Kingswood
How Far From Skipwith Farms to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Skipwith Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Skipwith Farms and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<4> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Skipwith Farms to Richmond, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 111 miles [178.6 km] to the north (N). 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,952 miles [9,578.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,649 miles [10,700.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,529 miles [7,288.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Skipwith Farms. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 Skipwith Farms 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 . 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> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Skipwith Farms) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Skipwith Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2985, Longitude: -76.7311 In this case, the coordinates for Skipwith Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Skipwith Farms 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 307.804 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.097 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.194 degrees. |