Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blue Mountain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blue Mountain and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Blue Mountain
- 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 Blue Mountain:
- 38.962609, -78.039164
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Blue Mountain
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Blue Mountain is near Fauquier County and also Clarke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fauquier County
- eBird sighting report for Clarke 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Blue Mountain ...
We found ten communities that share the name Blue Mountain.
Within Virginia, the name Blue Mountain is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Calhoun County
- This Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Blue Mountain that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Blue Mountain.
- Arkansas
- Logan County
- This Blue Mountain is located in Logan County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Blue Mountain that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Blue Mountain.
- Colorado
- Moffat County
- This Blue Mountain is located in Moffat County and lies 1,633 miles [2,628.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Blue Mountain that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moffat County community of Blue Mountain.
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- This Blue Mountain is located in Frederick County and lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blue Mountain that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Blue Mountain.
- Washington County
- This Blue Mountain is located in Washington County and lies 58 miles [93.3 km] to the north northeast of the Blue Mountain that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Blue Mountain.
- Mississippi
- Tippah County
- This Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Blue Mountain that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippah County community of Blue Mountain.
- New York
- Ulster County
- This Blue Mountain is located in Ulster County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blue Mountain that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Blue Mountain.
- Nova Scotia
- 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 Nova Scotia community of Blue Mountain.
- Ontario
- This Blue Mountain lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the north of the Blue Mountain that is located in Warren County.
- Oregon
- Umatilla County
- This Blue Mountain is located in Umatilla County and lies 2,088 miles [3,360.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Blue Mountain that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Umatilla County community of Blue Mountain.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue Mountain ...
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.
- Berrys
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys
- Berrys is located in Clarke County
- Care Free Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Care Free Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Care Free Acres
- Care Free Acres is located in Clarke County
- Cedarville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Cedarville is located in Warren County
- Fisher Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Hill
- Fisher Hill is located in Clarke County
- Green Hill Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Hill Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Forest
- Green Hill Forest is located in Warren County
- Greenway Court
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenway Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Court
- Greenway Court is located in Clarke County
- Happy Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek
- Happy Creek is located in Warren County
- Heritage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Mountain View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Warren County
- Paris
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paris have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Paris is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <4>
- Paris Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paris Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Heights
- Paris Heights is located in Clarke County
- Rockland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Success
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Blue Mountain 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 Blue Mountain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blue Mountain and extending to:
- Front Royal, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Blue Mountain to Richmond, with an average speed<5>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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 54 miles [86.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,937 miles [9,554.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,645 miles [10,694.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,521 miles [7,275.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blue Mountain. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Warren County: www.warrencountyva.net/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Blue Mountain) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blue Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9626, Longitude: -78.0392 In this case, the coordinates for Blue Mountain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Blue Mountain 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Blue Mountain to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.479 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.119 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.113 degrees. |