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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 Arbor Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arbor Park 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 Arbor Park:
- 38.122358, -78.508624
- 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 Arbor Park
- 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 Albemarle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albemarle County
- Since Arbor Park is near Charlottesville City and also Chesterfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlottesville City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield 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 Arbor Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arbor Park ...
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.
- Branchland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Branchland is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchland
- Clover Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Clover Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Deer Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Run is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Deerwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Deerwood is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Earlysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairgrove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fairgrove is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairgrove
- Fieldbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fieldbrook is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldbrook
- Four Seasons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Four Seasons is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
- Free Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hydraulic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hydraulic is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydraulic
- Ivy Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ivy Farms is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Farms
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Ivy Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ivy Ridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Ridge
- Little Clover Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Little Clover Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Clover Hill
- Mallard Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mallard Lake is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Lake
- Mill Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Run is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Raintree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Raintree is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
- Squire Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Squire Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squire Hill
How Far From Arbor Park 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 Arbor Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Arbor Park and extending to:
- Charlottesville, which is the Seat of Albemarle County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Arbor Park to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 95 miles [152.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,993 miles [9,644.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,698 miles [10,779.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,575 miles [7,362.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Arbor Park) 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 Arbor Park 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 Arbor Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1224, Longitude: -78.5086 In this case, the coordinates for Arbor Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.799 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.355 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.617 degrees. |
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