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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 Tasley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tasley 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 Tasley:
- 37.709899, -75.702094
- 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 Tasley
- 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 Accomack County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Accomack County
- Since Tasley is near Northampton County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Tasley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tasley ...
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.
- Cashville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cashville is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashville
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Chancetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chancetown is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancetown
- Chase Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chase Crossing is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Crossing
- Deep Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deep Creek is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Graysville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Graysville is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Greenbush
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- High Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- High Woods is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Jordan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jordan is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Little Hell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Hell is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hell
- Locksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Locksville is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locksville
- Locustville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Savageville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Savageville is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savageville
- Ticktown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ticktown is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ticktown
How Far From Tasley 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 Tasley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tasley and extending to:
- Accomac, which is the Seat of Accomack County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Tasley to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 109 miles [175.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,890 miles [9,479 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,586 miles [10,599.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,467 miles [7,188.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Tasley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Tasley 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 Tasley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7099, Longitude: -75.7021 In this case, the coordinates for Tasley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.19 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.46 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.627 degrees. |
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