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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 Wilda, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilda 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 Wilda:
- 38.018190, -79.093361
- 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 Wilda
- 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 Augusta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Augusta County
- Since Wilda is near Staunton City and also Rockbridge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Staunton City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockbridge 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 Wilda
Communities Also Named Wilda ...
We found two communities that are also named Wilda.
Within Virginia, the name Wilda is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Anderson 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 Wilda [Anderson County].
- Louisiana
- Rapides Parish
- This Wilda is located in Rapides Parish and lies 901 miles [1,450 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Wilda that is located in Augusta County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Wilda.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilda ...
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.
- Brand
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brand is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
- Cold Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Spring is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Emerald Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Emerald Hills is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Hills
- Fishersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Folly Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Folly Mills is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folly Mills
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hebron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Ladd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ladd is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd
- McNutt ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McNutt is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Mint Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mint Spring is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint Spring
- Spottswood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spottswood is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
- Stony Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stony Run is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run
- Stuarts Draft
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vesuvius
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Wilda 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 Wilda to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wilda and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Wilda to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 126 miles [202.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,022 miles [9,691.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,729 miles [10,829.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,605 miles [7,411 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 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 Wilda 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> | 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- Wilda) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wilda 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 Wilda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0182, Longitude: -79.0934 In this case, the coordinates for Wilda have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.148 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.738 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.897 degrees. |
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