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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 Wyndham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wyndham 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 Wyndham:
- 37.697408, -77.612595
- 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 Wyndham
- 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 Henrico County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henrico County
- Since Wyndham is near Hanover County and also Goochland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hanover County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Goochland 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 Wyndham
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wyndham ...
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.
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- English Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- English Hills is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Hills
- Erin Shades
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Erin Shades is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Shades
- Fords
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fords is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords
- Hermitage Hamlet
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage Hamlet is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hamlet
- Hickory Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Haven is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Haven
- Lanes Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lanes Corner is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Corner
- Pickels
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pickels is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickels
- Rockville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Short Pump
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sycamore Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sycamore Creek is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Creek
- Wheatlands
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wheatlands is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatlands
How Far From Wyndham 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 Wyndham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wyndham and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Wyndham to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 88 miles [141.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,973 miles [9,612.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,674 miles [10,740.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,553 miles [7,327.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Wyndham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Wyndham 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 Wyndham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6974, Longitude: -77.6126 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.293 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.715 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.402 degrees. |
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