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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 Wares Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wares Ferry 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 Wares Ferry:
- 37.876248, -76.775515
- 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 Wares Ferry
- 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 Essex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
- Since Wares Ferry is near Richmond County and also King and Queen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- Open the eBird sighting report for King and Queen 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 Wares Ferry
Communities Also Named Wares Ferry ...
We found one communities that are also named Wares Ferry.
Within Virginia, the name Wares Ferry is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Wares Ferry in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Hampshire
- Cheshire 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 New Hampshire community of Wares Ferry [Cheshire County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wares Ferry ...
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.
- Center Cross
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Center Cross is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cross
- Dunnsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Field
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Field is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Field
- Island Farm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Island Farm is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Farm
- Jacks Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jacks Fork is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Fork
- Red Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Red Hill is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Tidewater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tidewater is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidewater
- Upright
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Upright is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upright
- Wildwood Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wildwood Beach is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Beach
How Far From Wares Ferry 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 Wares Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wares Ferry and extending to:
- Tappahannock, which is the Seat of Essex County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Wares Ferry to Richmond, with an average speed<4> 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 71 miles [114.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,930 miles [9,543.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,629 miles [10,668.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,508 miles [7,254.9 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wares Ferry 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wares Ferry) 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 Wares Ferry 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 Wares Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8762, Longitude: -76.7755 In this case, the coordinates for Wares Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.798 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.178 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.995 degrees. |
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