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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 Aldie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aldie 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 Aldie:
- 38.975849, -77.642905
- 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 Aldie
- 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 Loudoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudoun County
- Since Aldie is near Prince William County and also Fauquier 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 Fauquier 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 Aldie
Communities Also Named Aldie ...
We found one communities that are also named Aldie.
Within Virginia, the name Aldie is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Aldie in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Yoakum County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Yoakum County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yoakum County community of Aldie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aldie ...
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.
- Butler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Butler is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Dover
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dover is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Evergreen Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Mills is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Mills
- Gilberts Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gilberts Corner is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilberts Corner
- Hickory Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Landmark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little Washington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Washington is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Washington
- Marble Quarry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marble Quarry is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Quarry
- Royville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Royville is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royville
- Stoke
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stoke is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoke
- Sunny Bank ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sunny Bank is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Bank
How Far From Aldie to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Aldie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Aldie and extending to:
- Leesburg, which is the Seat of Loudoun County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Aldie to Leesburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 33 miles [53.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,920 miles [9,527.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,627 miles [10,665.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,503 miles [7,246.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Aldie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Aldie) 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 Aldie 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 Aldie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9758, Longitude: -77.6429 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.243 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.853 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.94 degrees. |
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