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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 Yorktown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yorktown 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 Yorktown:
- 37.234861, -76.507656
- 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 Yorktown
- 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Since Yorktown is near Gloucester County and also Newport News City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newport News City
- 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 Yorktown
Communities Also Named Yorktown ...
We found twenty communities that are also named Yorktown.
Within Virginia, the name Yorktown is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Lincoln County
- This Yorktown is located in Lincoln County and lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<1> to the west of the Yorktown that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Yorktown.
- Georgia
- Gwinnett County
- This Yorktown is located in Gwinnett County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Yorktown that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Yorktown.
- Illinois
- Bureau County
- This Yorktown is located in Bureau County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Yorktown that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Yorktown.
- Indiana
- Delaware County
- This Yorktown is located in Delaware County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Yorktown that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Yorktown.
- Iowa
- Page County
- This Yorktown is located in Page County and lies 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Yorktown that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Yorktown.
- Kansas
- Lincoln 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 Kansas community of Yorktown [Lincoln County].
- Kentucky
- Clark County
- This Yorktown is located in Clark County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the west of the Yorktown that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Yorktown.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Yorktown is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<1> to the north of the Yorktown that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Yorktown.
- Baltimore County
- This Yorktown is located in Baltimore County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km] to the north of the Yorktown that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Yorktown.
- Minnesota
- Hennepin 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 Minnesota community of Yorktown [Hennepin County].
- Missouri
- Atchison County
- Although located in Atchison County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Yorktown.
- New Jersey
- Salem County
- This Yorktown is located in Salem County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Yorktown that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem County community of Yorktown.
- New York
- Westchester County
- This Yorktown is located in Westchester County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Yorktown that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Yorktown.
- North Carolina
- Forsyth County
- This Yorktown is located in Forsyth County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Yorktown that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Yorktown.
- North Dakota
- Dickey 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 North Dakota community of Yorktown [Dickey County].
- Ohio
- Tuscarawas County
- This Yorktown is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Yorktown that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Yorktown.
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia County
- This Yorktown is located in Philadelphia County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Yorktown that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Yorktown.
- Tennessee
- Rutherford County
- This Yorktown is located in Rutherford County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the west of the Yorktown that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Yorktown.
- Williamson County
- This Yorktown is located in Williamson County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km] to the west of the Yorktown that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Yorktown.
- Texas
- DeWitt County
- This Yorktown is located in DeWitt County and lies 1,337 miles [2,151.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Yorktown that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeWitt County community of Yorktown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yorktown ...
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.
- Blacksmith Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blacksmith Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksmith Corner
- Carp Circle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Carp Circle is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carp Circle
- Crab
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dandy is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dandy
- Harbor Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Harris Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Grove is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Heritage Hamlet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hamlet is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hamlet
- Hickory Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hickory Hill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Lee Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Marshall Heights is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
- Oyster Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oyster Cove is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Cove
- Victory Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Victory Hill is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Hill
- Woods Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woods Run is located in Newport News City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Run
How Far From Yorktown 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 Yorktown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Yorktown and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Yorktown to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 118 miles [189.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,945 miles [9,567.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,641 miles [10,687.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,522 miles [7,277.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Yorktown) 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 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 Yorktown 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 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 Yorktown 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 Yorktown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2349, Longitude: -76.5077 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.679 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.945 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.129 degrees. |
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