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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 Talpa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Talpa 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 Talpa:
- 37.024872, -77.354699
- 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 Talpa
- 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 Prince George County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George County
- Since Talpa is near Dinwiddie County and also Sussex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dinwiddie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex 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 Talpa
Communities Also Named Talpa ...
We found three communities that are also named Talpa.
Within Virginia, the name Talpa is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Huerfano 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 Colorado community of Talpa [Huerfano County].
- New Mexico
- Taos County
- This Talpa is located in Taos County and lies 1,558 miles [2,507.4 km]<2> to the west of the Talpa that is located in Prince George County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taos County community of Talpa.
- Texas
- Coleman County
- This Talpa is located in Coleman County and lies 1,320 miles [2,124.3 km]<2> to the west of the Talpa that is located in Prince George County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coleman County community of Talpa.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Talpa ...
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.
- Booker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Booker is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
- Carson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Carson is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Derby ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Kingwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kingwood is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
- Lambs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lambs is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs
- Lees Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lees Mill is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
- Reams
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Reams is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reams
- Stony Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Talpa 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 Talpa 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 Talpa once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Talpa and extending to:
- Prince George, which is the Seat of Prince George County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Talpa to Prince George, with an average speed<5> 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 35 miles [56.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 130 miles [209.2 km] to the north (N). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,991 miles [9,641.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,688 miles [10,763.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,568 miles [7,351.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Talpa 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' (or 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- Talpa) 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> | 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 Talpa, 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 Talpa 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 Talpa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0249, Longitude: -77.3547 In this case, the coordinates for Talpa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.175 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.478 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.541 degrees. |
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