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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 Tabernacle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tabernacle and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Tabernacle:
    • 37.423191, -76.296331
    • 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 Tabernacle
  • 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 Mathews County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mathews County
    • Since Tabernacle is near Gloucester County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Tabernacle

Communities Also Named Tabernacle ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Tabernacle.

Within Virginia, the name Tabernacle is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States.

In addition to the above occurrences of Tabernacle, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Barbour County
      • This Tabernacle is located in Barbour County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tabernacle that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Tabernacle.
      • Bibb County
      • This Tabernacle is located in Bibb County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km] to the west southwest of the Tabernacle that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Tabernacle.
      • Coffee County
      • This Tabernacle is located in Coffee County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km] to the southwest of the Tabernacle that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Tabernacle.
      • Houston County
      • This Tabernacle is located in Houston County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km] to the southwest of the Tabernacle that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Tabernacle.
    • Georgia
      • Haralson County
      • This Tabernacle is located in Haralson County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tabernacle that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haralson County community of Tabernacle.
      • Washington County
      • This Tabernacle is located in Washington County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km] to the southwest of the Tabernacle that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Tabernacle.
    • Kentucky
      • Todd County
      • This Tabernacle is located in Todd County and lies 602 miles [968.8 km]<1> to the west of the Tabernacle that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Tabernacle.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Tabernacle is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the north of the Tabernacle that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Tabernacle.
    • Mississippi
      • Attala County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Tabernacle [Attala County].
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Tabernacle is located in Burlington County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Tabernacle that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Tabernacle.
      • Sussex County
      • This Tabernacle is located in Sussex County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the north northeast of the Tabernacle that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Tabernacle.
    • North Carolina
      • Guilford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Tabernacle [Guilford County].
    • South Carolina
      • Chesterfield County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Tabernacle [Chesterfield County].
      • Marion County
      • This Tabernacle is located in Marion County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Tabernacle that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Tabernacle.
    • Tennessee
      • Haywood County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Tabernacle [Haywood County].
      • Tipton County
      • This Tabernacle is located in Tipton County and lies 748 miles [1,203.8 km]<1> to the west of the Tabernacle that is located in Mathews County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tipton County community of Tabernacle.
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Saint Kitts and Nevis
      • Distance: 1,608 miles [2,587.8 km]<1> to the southeast
      • Open a Google Map centered on Tabernacle

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tabernacle ...

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.

  • Cricket Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Cricket Hill is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket Hill
  • Haven ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Haven is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven
  • Haven Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Haven Beach is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Beach
  • Moon
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Moon is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
  • Redart
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Redart is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redart
  • Sarah
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Sarah is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah
  • Shadow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Shadow is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow
  • Susan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Susan is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan
  • Winter Harbor Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Winter Harbor Haven is located in Mathews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Harbor Haven

How Far From Tabernacle to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tabernacle to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tabernacle and extending to:

  • Mathews, which is the Seat of Mathews County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Tabernacle to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 109 miles [175.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,928 miles [9,540.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,624 miles [10,660.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,505 miles [7,250.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tabernacle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Tabernacle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Tabernacle 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.
<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 Tabernacle 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 Tabernacle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4232, Longitude: -76.2963       In this case, the coordinates for Tabernacle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.548 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.824 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.974 degrees.