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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 West Hope, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Hope 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 West Hope:
- 36.920983, -77.311640
- 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 West Hope
- 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 Sussex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Since West Hope is near Prince George County and also Dinwiddie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dinwiddie 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 West Hope
Communities Also Named West Hope ...
We found one communities that are also named West Hope.
Within Virginia, the name West Hope is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named West Hope in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Jewell 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 West Hope [Jewell County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Hope ...
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.
- Booker
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Booker is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
- Carson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carson is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Chub ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chub is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chub
- Church ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Church is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church
- Gray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gray is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Henry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Homeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Homeville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeville
- Lambs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lambs is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs
- Little Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Little Mill is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mill
- Littleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Littleton is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Stony Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From West Hope 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 West Hope to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in West Hope and extending to:
- Sussex, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from West Hope 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 137 miles [220.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,993 miles [9,644.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,690 miles [10,766.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,570 miles [7,354.7 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 West Hope 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Hope) 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 West Hope 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 West Hope. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9210, Longitude: -77.3116 In this case, the coordinates for West Hope have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.155 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.44 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.562 degrees. |
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