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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 Airlie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Airlie 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 Airlie:
- 38.757061, -77.791660
- 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 Airlie
- 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 Fauquier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fauquier County
- Since Airlie is near Prince William County and also Culpeper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Culpeper 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 Airlie
Communities Also Named Airlie ...
We found five communities that are also named Airlie.
Within Virginia, the name Airlie is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Pipestone County
- This Airlie is located in Pipestone County and lies 1,029 miles [1,656 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Airlie that is located in Fauquier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pipestone County community of Airlie.
- North Carolina
- Halifax County
- This Airlie is located in Halifax County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the south of the Airlie that is located in Fauquier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Airlie.
- New Hanover County
- This Airlie is located in New Hanover County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km] to the south of the Airlie that is located in Fauquier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Airlie.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Airlie.
- Oregon
- Polk County
- This Airlie is located in Polk County and lies 2,350 miles [3,782 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Airlie that is located in Fauquier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Airlie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Airlie ...
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.
- Broken Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Broken Hill is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Hill
- Casanova
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Edwardsville is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Frytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Frytown is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frytown
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenville is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenwich is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Little Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Georgetown is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
- Meadowville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowville is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Old Tavern
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Tavern is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tavern
- Pilgrims Rest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Turkey Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Run is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Run
How Far From Airlie 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 Airlie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Airlie and extending to:
- Warrenton, which is the Seat of Fauquier County, lies just to the South.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Airlie 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 41 miles [66 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,935 miles [9,551.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,642 miles [10,689.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,518 miles [7,271 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Airlie) 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 Airlie 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'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 Airlie 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 Airlie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7571, Longitude: -77.7917 In this case, the coordinates for Airlie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.344 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.934 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.085 degrees. |
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