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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 A Country Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to A Country Place and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 A Country Place:
    • 38.955111, -77.276094
    • 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 A Country Place
  • 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 Fairfax County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
    • Since A Country Place is near Montgomery County and also Fairfax City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax 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 A Country Place

Communities Also Named A Country Place ...

We found one communities that are also named A Country Place.

Within Virginia, the name A Country Place is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named A Country Place in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean County
      • This A Country Place is located in Ocean County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the A Country Place that is located in Fairfax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of A Country Place.

Curious and Interesting Names Near A Country Place ...

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.

  • Cinnamon Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cinnamon Creek is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Creek
  • Four Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Four Corners is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Great Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Great Falls is located in Montgomery County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Falls
  • Hickory Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hickory Creek is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
  • Hickory Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Run is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Run
  • Howard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Howard is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Peacock
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Peacock is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
  • Pinecrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Pinecrest is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
  • Springvale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Springvale is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
  • Sun Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Sun Valley is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
  • Sunset Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Sunset Hills is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
  • Swinks Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Swinks Mill is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swinks Mill
  • Wolf Trap
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Wolf Trap is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Trap

How Far From A Country Place 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 A Country Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in A Country Place and extending to:

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from A Country Place to Richmond, with an average speed<2>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 13 miles [20.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,905 miles [9,503.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,611 miles [10,639.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,488 miles [7,222.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- A Country Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 A Country Place 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 A Country Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9551, Longitude: -77.2761       In this case, the coordinates for A Country Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.027 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.604 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.793 degrees.