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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 Whitesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitesville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Whitesville:
    • 36.905140, -78.887232
    • 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 Whitesville
  • 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 Halifax County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Halifax County
    • Since Whitesville is near Charlotte County and also Campbell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charlotte County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell 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 Whitesville

Communities Also Named Whitesville ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Whitesville.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Whitesville.

Beyond Virginia, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Accomack County
      • This Whitesville is located in Accomack County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Whitesville that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Whitesville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Marshall County
      • This Whitesville is located in Marshall County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Whitesville that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Whitesville.
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Whitesville is located in Sussex County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Whitesville that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Whitesville.
    • Georgia
      • Harris County
      • This Whitesville is located in Harris County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Whitesville that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Whitesville.
    • Illinois
      • Saline 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 Illinois community of Whitesville [Saline County].
    • Indiana
      • Montgomery County
      • This Whitesville is located in Montgomery County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Whitesville that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Whitesville.
    • Kentucky
      • Daviess County
      • This Whitesville is located in Daviess County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<1> to the west of the Whitesville that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Whitesville.
    • Mississippi
      • Washington 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 Mississippi community of Whitesville [Washington County].
    • Missouri
      • Andrew 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 Missouri community of Whitesville [Andrew County].
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • This Whitesville is located in Monmouth County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Whitesville that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Whitesville.
      • Ocean County
      • This Whitesville is located in Ocean County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km] to the northeast of the Whitesville that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Whitesville.
    • New York
      • Allegany County
      • This Whitesville is located in Allegany County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the north of the Whitesville that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Whitesville.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This Whitesville is located in Berkeley County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Whitesville that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Whitesville.
    • Vermont
      • Windsor County
      • This Whitesville is located in Windsor County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Whitesville that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windsor County community of Whitesville.
    • West Virginia
      • Boone County
      • This Whitesville is located in Boone County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Whitesville that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Whitesville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitesville ...

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.

  • Acorn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Acorn is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
  • Clays Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Clays Mill is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Mill
  • Crossroads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Crossroads is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Crystal Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Crystal Hill is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
  • Liberty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Liberty is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Millstone
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Millstone is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
  • Neals Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Neals Corner is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neals Corner
  • Providence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Providence is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Youngers Store
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Youngers Store is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngers Store

How Far From Whitesville to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitesville and extending to:

  • Halifax, which is the Seat of Halifax County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Whitesville to Halifax, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 91 miles [146.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 170 miles [273.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,062 miles [9,755.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,763 miles [10,884 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,641 miles [7,469 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 from Point A (ie- Whitesville) 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 Whitesville, 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Whitesville 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.
<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 Whitesville 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 Whitesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9051, Longitude: -78.8872       In this case, the coordinates for Whitesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.065 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.476 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.196 degrees.