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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 Spainville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spainville 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 Spainville:
- 37.188727, -77.915897
- 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 Spainville
- 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 Nottoway County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nottoway County
- Since Spainville is near Amelia County and also Dinwiddie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amelia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dinwiddie 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 Spainville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spainville ...
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.
- Clays Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clays Corner is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Corner
- Crewe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fieldstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fieldstown is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstown
- Five Forks ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Five Forks is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jennings Ordinary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jennings Ordinary is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Ordinary
- Jetersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Martins Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Martins Corner is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
How Far From Spainville 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 Spainville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spainville and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Spainville to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 127 miles [204.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,008 miles [9,668.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,708 miles [10,795.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,587 miles [7,382.1 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 '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- Spainville) 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 Spainville 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 Spainville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1887, Longitude: -77.9159 In this case, the coordinates for Spainville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.492 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.864 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.707 degrees. |
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