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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 Riverview Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Riverview Village 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 Riverview Village:
- 38.605674, -77.165813
- 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 Riverview Village
- 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 Charles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles County
- Since Riverview Village is near Fairfax County and also Prince William County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William 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 Riverview Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Riverview Village ...
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.
- Bryans Road
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cherry Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Hill is located in Prince William County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Featherstone
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Featherstone is located in Prince William County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherstone
- Green Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Meadows is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Harbor View
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor View is located in Fairfax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
- Holly Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Haven is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Haven
- Indian Head
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jones View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jones View is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones View
- Knotts Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Knotts Crossing is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Crossing
- Perry Wright
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Perry Wright is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Wright
- Pomonkey
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pomonkey is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomonkey
- Pomonkey Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pomonkey Landing is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomonkey Landing
- Redhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Redhill is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhill
How Far From Riverview Village 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 Riverview Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Riverview Village and extending to:
- La Plata, which is the Seat of Charles County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Riverview Village to La Plata, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 44 miles [70.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 21 miles [33.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,915 miles [9,519.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,619 miles [10,652.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,497 miles [7,237.2 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Riverview Village) 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 Riverview Village 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 Riverview Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6057, Longitude: -77.1658 In this case, the coordinates for Riverview Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.983 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.501 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.88 degrees. |
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