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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 Snug Harbor:
36.930000, -76.238056
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We found seventeen communities that share the name Snug Harbor.
Within Virginia, the name Snug Harbor is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alaska
This Snug Harbor lies 3,495 miles [5,624.7 km]<1> to the northwest.
Connecticut
Fairfield County
This Snug Harbor is located in Fairfield County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Snug Harbor.
Delaware
Sussex County
This Snug Harbor is located in Sussex County and lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Snug Harbor.
Florida
Martin County
This Snug Harbor is located in Martin County and lies 710 miles [1,142.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Snug Harbor.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Snug Harbor is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Snug Harbor.
Worcester County
This Snug Harbor is located in Worcester County and lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Snug Harbor.
Massachusetts
Plymouth County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Snug Harbor [Plymouth County].
Michigan
Chippewa County
This Snug Harbor is located in Chippewa County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Snug Harbor.
Ottawa County
This Snug Harbor is located in Ottawa County and lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Snug Harbor.
New Jersey
Ocean County
This Snug Harbor is located in Ocean County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Snug Harbor.
North Carolina
Craven County
This Snug Harbor is located in Craven County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craven County community of Snug Harbor.
Perquimans County
This Snug Harbor is located in Perquimans County and lies 59 miles [95 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perquimans County community of Snug Harbor.
Rhode Island
Washington County
This Snug Harbor is located in Washington County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Snug Harbor.
South Carolina
Lexington County
This Snug Harbor is located in Lexington County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Snug Harbor.
Oconee County
This Snug Harbor is located in Oconee County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Snug Harbor.
Texas
Brazoria County
Although located in Brazoria County, we don't know the location within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazoria County community of Snug Harbor.
Washington
Clallam County
This Snug Harbor is located in Clallam County and lies 2,491 miles [4,008.9 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clallam County community of Snug Harbor.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Snug Harbor ...
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.
Cherokee Heights (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Snug Harbor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Snug Harbor and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Snug Harbor to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 142 miles [228.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,946 miles [9,569.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,640 miles [10,686 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,522 miles [7,277.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Snug Harbor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Snug Harbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9300, Longitude: -76.2381 In this case, the coordinates for Snug Harbor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Snug Harbor 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.
<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 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.
<5>
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 Snug Harbor to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.542 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.742 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.136 degrees.