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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 Stormont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stormont 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 Stormont:
- 37.597085, -76.568286
- 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 Stormont
- 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Since Stormont is near Lancaster County and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester 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 Stormont
Communities Also Named Stormont ...
We found two communities that are also named Stormont.
Within Virginia, the name Stormont is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Osage 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 Kansas community of Stormont [Osage County].
- Nova Scotia
- This Stormont lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Stormont that is located in Middlesex County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stormont ...
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.
- Christchurch
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Christchurch is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christchurch
- Cooks Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cooks Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corner
- Cooper
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cooper is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Free Shade Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Free Shade Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Shade Corner
- Freeport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Freeport is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Harmony Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harmony Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village
- Hornets Nest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hornets Nest is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornets Nest
- Locust Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nohead Bottom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nohead Bottom is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nohead Bottom
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Owl Trap
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Owl Trap is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Trap
- Piankatank Shores
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Piankatank Shores is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piankatank Shores
- Pine Tree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Tree is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree
- Regent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Regent is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regent
- Slabtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slabtown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Topping
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Stormont to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stormont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stormont and extending to:
- Saluda, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Stormont to Richmond, with an average speed<4> 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 93 miles [149.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,932 miles [9,546.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,630 miles [10,670 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,510 miles [7,258.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Stormont 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stormont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Stormont 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 Stormont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5971, Longitude: -76.5683 In this case, the coordinates for Stormont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.694 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.017 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.017 degrees. |
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