|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Stokesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stokesville 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 Stokesville:
- 38.352483, -79.147591
- 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 Stokesville
- 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 Augusta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Augusta County
- Since Stokesville is near Rockingham County and also Staunton City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Staunton 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 Stokesville
Communities Also Named Stokesville ...
We found four communities that are also named Stokesville.
Within Virginia, the name Stokesville is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Atkinson County
- This Stokesville is located in Atkinson County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stokesville that is located in Augusta County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atkinson County community of Stokesville.
- Charlton County
- This Stokesville is located in Charlton County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km] to the south southwest of the Stokesville that is located in Augusta County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlton County community of Stokesville.
- Coffee 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 Georgia community of Stokesville [Coffee County].
- North Dakota
- Pembina 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 North Dakota community of Stokesville [Pembina County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stokesville ...
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.
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Churchville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clover Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Franks Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Franks Mill is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks Mill
- Lilly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Fountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lone Fountain is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Fountain
- Montezuma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montezuma is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Moscow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moscow is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Roman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roman is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roman
- Rushville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stonewall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stonewall is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Union Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union Springs is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Springs
How Far From Stokesville 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 Stokesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Stokesville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Stokesville and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Stokesville to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 119 miles [191.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving 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 6,010 miles [9,672.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,718 miles [10,811.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,594 miles [7,393.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Stokesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Stokesville 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stokesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Stokesville 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 Stokesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3525, Longitude: -79.1476 In this case, the coordinates for Stokesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.168 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.81 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.803 degrees. |
|
|