Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Vote:
  • 36.932926, -77.940000
  • 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 Vote

• 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 Brunswick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick County
  • Since Vote is near Lunenburg County and also Nottoway County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lunenburg County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nottoway 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 Vote

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vote ...

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.

• Alberta
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Alberta is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
• Bishops Corner
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Bishops Corner is located in Lunenburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Corner
• Danieltown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Danieltown is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danieltown
• Edmunds Store
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Edmunds Store is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmunds Store
• Forkland ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Forkland is located in Nottoway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
• Gills Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Gills Corner is located in Lunenburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Corner
• Hickory Run
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hickory Run is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Run
• Octagon
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Octagon is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octagon
• Price Mill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Price Mill is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Mill
• Rocky Ford
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Rocky Ford is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
• Sturgeonville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Sturgeonville is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeonville
• Tobacco
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Tobacco is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobacco

How Far From Vote to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Vote to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Lawrenceville, which is the Seat of Brunswick County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Vote to Lawrenceville, with an average speed<2> 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 50 miles [80.5 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 most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 144 miles [231.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,020 miles [9,688.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,719 miles [10,813.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,598 miles [7,399.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'