Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sliders, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sliders and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sliders
- 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 Sliders:
- 37.457089, -78.684731
- 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 Sliders
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Buckingham County
- Since Sliders is near Appomattox County and also Prince Edward County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Appomattox County
- eBird sighting report for Prince Edward 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 Sliders ...
We found one communities that share the name Sliders.
Within Virginia, the name Sliders is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Sliders in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sliders ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Chestnut Grove is located in Buckingham County
- Curdsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Elam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Evergreen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Five Forks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- 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 Nelson County
- Flood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Fore Store
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fore Store have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fore Store
- Fore Store is located in Appomattox County
- Four Forks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Forks
- Four Forks is located in Nelson County
- Greenway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Hixburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Hurtsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurtsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Prospect
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prospect have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Prospect is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prospect <3>
- Stonewall Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonewall Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Mills
- Stonewall Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Toga
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Woods Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corner
- Woods Corner is located in Buckingham County
- Prospect
How Far From Sliders 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 Sliders to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Sliders and extending to:
- Buckingham, which is the Seat of Buckingham County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sliders to Buckingham, 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 68 miles [109.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 133 miles [214 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,029 miles [9,702.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,732 miles [10,834.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,610 miles [7,419.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sliders. 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Sliders 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> | 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 '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- Sliders) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sliders. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4571, Longitude: -78.6847 In this case, the coordinates for Sliders 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 Sliders 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 308.929 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.403 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.924 degrees. |