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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 Sweepstakes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sweepstakes 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 Sweepstakes:
- 36.555430, -76.933294
- 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 Sweepstakes
- 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 Southampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Southampton County
- Since Sweepstakes is near Hertford County and also Gates County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hertford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gates 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 Sweepstakes
Communities Also Named Sweepstakes ...
We found one communities that are also named Sweepstakes.
Within Virginia, the name Sweepstakes is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Sweepstakes in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This Sweepstakes is located in Montgomery County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the north of the Sweepstakes that is located in Southampton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Sweepstakes.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sweepstakes ...
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.
- Delaware
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Delaware Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware Park is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Park
- Factory Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Factory Hill is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Hill
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gum is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum
- Isaac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Isaac is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaac
- Kingsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kingsdale is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Lees Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lees Mill is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
- Mill Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Neck is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Neck
- Mount Gallows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Gallows is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallows
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Savages Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Savages Crossroads is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savages Crossroads
- Storys
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Storys is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storys
- Sunbeam
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunbeam is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Tarheel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tarheel is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarheel
How Far From Sweepstakes 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 Sweepstakes 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<3> community of Sweepstakes once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Sweepstakes and extending to:
- Courtland, which is the Seat of Southampton County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sweepstakes to Courtland, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 73 miles [117.5 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 161 miles [259.1 km] to the north (N). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,992 miles [9,643.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,687 miles [10,761.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,568 miles [7,351.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sweepstakes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Sweepstakes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Sweepstakes 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 Sweepstakes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5554, Longitude: -76.9333 In this case, the coordinates for Sweepstakes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.955 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.157 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.544 degrees. |
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