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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 Tylers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tylers 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 Tylers:
- 37.956153, -77.700974
- 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 Tylers
- 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 Hanover County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hanover County
- Since Tylers is near Louisa County and also Spotsylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Louisa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spotsylvania 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 Tylers
Communities Also Named Tylers ...
We found three communities that are also named Tylers.
Within Virginia, the name Tylers is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Brown 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 Tylers [Brown County].
- Michigan
- Crawford 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 Tylers [Crawford County].
- Marquette County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Tylers [Marquette County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tylers ...
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.
- Beaverdam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bumpass
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chilesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chilesburg is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilesburg
- Coatesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coatesville is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatesville
- Harris ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harris is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Holliday
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Holliday is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Jones Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jones Corner is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Locust Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Creek is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Creek
- Longcreek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Longcreek is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longcreek
- Moodys Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moodys Corner is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moodys Corner
- Plum Tree
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Tree is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Tree
How Far From Tylers 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 Tylers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Tylers and extending to:
- Hanover, which is the Seat of Hanover County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tylers to Hanover, 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 most of a day.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 74 miles [119.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving 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 5,966 miles [9,601.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,668 miles [10,731.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,546 miles [7,316.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Tylers 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Tylers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tylers 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 Tylers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9562, Longitude: -77.7010 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.332 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.798 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.343 degrees. |
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