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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 Taylorsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Taylorsville 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 Taylorsville:
    • 37.828848, -77.460093
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Taylorsville
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Taylorsville ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Taylorsville.

Within Virginia, the name Taylorsville is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Madison 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 Alabama community of Taylorsville [Madison County].
    • California
      • Plumas County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Plumas County and lies 2,311 miles [3,719.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plumas County community of Taylorsville.
    • Georgia
      • Bartow County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Bartow County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartow County community of Taylorsville.
    • Indiana
      • Bartholomew County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Bartholomew County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartholomew County community of Taylorsville.
    • Iowa
      • Fayette County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Fayette County and lies 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Taylorsville.
    • Kansas
      • Stafford 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 Taylorsville [Stafford County].
    • Kentucky
      • Spencer County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Spencer County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<2> to the west of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spencer County community of Taylorsville.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Carroll County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<2> to the north of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Taylorsville.
    • Michigan
      • Mason 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 Michigan community of Taylorsville [Mason County].
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Hinds County and lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Taylorsville.
      • Smith County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Smith County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km] to the west southwest of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Taylorsville.
    • North Carolina
      • Alexander County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Alexander County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexander County community of Taylorsville.
    • Ohio
      • Highland County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Highland County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Taylorsville.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Montgomery County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km] to the west northwest of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Taylorsville.
      • Muskingum 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 Ohio community of Taylorsville [Muskingum County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Bucks County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Taylorsville.
      • Indiana County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Indiana County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km] to the north northwest of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Taylorsville.
    • Tennessee
      • Maury County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Maury County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Taylorsville.
      • Wilson County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Wilson County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km] to the west of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Taylorsville.
    • Texas
      • Caldwell County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Caldwell County and lies 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Taylorsville.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Taylorsville is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,842 miles [2,964.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Taylorsville that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Taylorsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Taylorsville ...

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.

  • Bagdad
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bagdad have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
    • Bagdad is located in Caroline County
  • Bowersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
    • Bowersville is located in Caroline County
  • Gum Tree
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
    • Gum Tree is located in Hanover County
  • Hart Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hart Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Corner
    • Hart Corner is located in Caroline County
  • Heaths Store
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heaths Store have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaths Store
    • Heaths Store is located in Hanover County
  • Little River Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little River Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River Crossing
    • Little River Crossing is located in Hanover County
  • Littlepages Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littlepages Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlepages Ferry
    • Littlepages Ferry is located in Caroline County
  • Oliver
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oliver have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
    • Oliver is located in Hanover County
  • Scotchtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotchtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
    • Scotchtown is located in Hanover County
  • Signboard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Signboard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signboard
    • Signboard is located in Caroline County
  • Slash Cottage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slash Cottage have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slash Cottage
    • Slash Cottage is located in Hanover County

How Far From Taylorsville 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 Taylorsville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Hanover, which is the Seat of Hanover County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Taylorsville to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 77 miles [123.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,961 miles [9,593.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,662 miles [10,721.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,541 miles [7,308 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Taylorsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hanover County: www.co.hanover.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

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 Taylorsville 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 from Point A (ie- Taylorsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Taylorsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8288, Longitude: -77.4601    
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Taylorsville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.198 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.626 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.292 degrees.




 

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