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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 Whitefield:
37.292357, -80.051985
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Waymarking ...
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We found nine communities that are also named Whitefield.
Within Virginia, the name Whitefield is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Lincoln County
This Whitefield is located in Lincoln County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Whitefield.
Illinois
Bureau County
This Whitefield is located in Bureau County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Whitefield.
Iowa
Jefferson County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Whitefield [Jefferson County].
Kansas
Shawnee County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Whitefield [Shawnee County].
Maine
Lincoln County
This Whitefield is located in Lincoln County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Whitefield.
Montana
Missoula County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Whitefield [Missoula County].
New Hampshire
Coos County
This Whitefield is located in Coos County and lies 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Whitefield.
Oklahoma
Haskell County
This Whitefield is located in Haskell County and lies 856 miles [1,377.6 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haskell County community of Whitefield.
South Carolina
Spartanburg County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Whitefield [Spartanburg County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitefield ...
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.
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 Whitefield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitefield and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Whitefield to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 197 miles [317 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,095 miles [9,809 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,800 miles [10,943.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,677 miles [7,526.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whitefield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Whitefield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Whitefield 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 . 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.
<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 Whitefield 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 Whitefield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2924, Longitude: -80.0520 In this case, the coordinates for Whitefield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.737 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.301 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.541 degrees.