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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 Wightman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wightman 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 Wightman:
- 36.790211, -78.303204
- 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 Wightman
- 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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mecklenburg County
- Since Wightman is near Lunenburg County and also Charlotte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lunenburg County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlotte 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 Wightman
Communities Also Named Wightman ...
We found two communities that are also named Wightman.
Within Virginia, the name Wightman is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Calhoun County
- This Wightman is located in Calhoun County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wightman that is located in Mecklenburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Wightman.
- Missouri
- Barry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Wightman [Barry County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wightman ...
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.
- Antlers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Antlers is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antlers
- Baskerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Baskerville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskerville
- Busy Bee Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Busy Bee Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Bee Corner
- Chase City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gary is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Gills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gills is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills
- Gordon Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gordon Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Corner
- Gregory Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gregory Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Corner
- Kells Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kells Corner is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kells Corner
- Loves Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Loves Mill is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves Mill
- Muck Cross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Muck Cross is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck Cross
- Opie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pettys Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pettys Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettys Corner
- Pleasant Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Rogers Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rogers Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Corner
- Union Level
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whittles Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Whittles Mill is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittles Mill
How Far From Wightman to ...
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 Wightman to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wightman and extending to:
- Boydton, which is the Seat of Mecklenburg County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wightman to Boydton, 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 70 miles [112.7 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 161 miles [259.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take less than 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 6,042 miles [9,723.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,741 miles [10,848.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,620 miles [7,435.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wightman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Wightman 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Wightman 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 Wightman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7902, Longitude: -78.3032 In this case, the coordinates for Wightman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.73 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.077 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.001 degrees. |
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