Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Wayland Park:
  • 38.070137, -78.694742
  • 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 Wayland Park

• 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 Albemarle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Albemarle County
  • Since Wayland Park is near Nelson County and also Waynesboro City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nelson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Waynesboro City

• 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 Wayland Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wayland Park ...

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.

• Broad Axe ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Broad Axe is located in Albemarle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Axe
• Freetown
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Freetown is located in Albemarle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
• Greenwood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Greenwood is located in Albemarle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwood <1>
• Ivy Meadows
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Ivy Meadows is located in Albemarle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Meadows
• Ivy Woods
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Ivy Woods is located in Albemarle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Woods
• Peacock Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Peacock Hill is located in Albemarle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock Hill
• Skyline Crest
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Skyline Crest is located in Albemarle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Crest
• Whispering Pines
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Whispering Pines is located in Albemarle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
• Yancey Mills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Yancey Mills is located in Albemarle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey Mills

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wayland Park and extending to:

• Charlottesville, which is the Seat of Albemarle County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wayland Park to Charlottesville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 106 miles [170.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,003 miles [9,660.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,709 miles [10,797.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,586 miles [7,380.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'