Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Villboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Villboro and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Villboro

• 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 Villboro:
  • 38.135132, -77.389426
  • 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 Villboro

• 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 Caroline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
  • Since Villboro is near Spotsylvania County and also Stafford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Spotsylvania County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Stafford 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 Villboro

Curious and Interesting Names Near Villboro ...

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.

• Bullocks Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bullocks Corner is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullocks Corner
• Guinea
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Guinea is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea
• Liberty
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Liberty is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Locks Corner
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Locks Corner is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Corner
• Long Branch
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Long Branch is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
• Loving Fork
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Loving Fork is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving Fork
• Mica
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mica is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mica
• Pullers Corner
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Pullers Corner is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullers Corner
• Young Corner
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Young Corner is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Corner

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Villboro and extending to:

• Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Caroline County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Villboro to Richmond, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 55 miles [88.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,945 miles [9,567.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,525 miles [7,282.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'