Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Boxwood Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boxwood Farms and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Boxwood Farms

• 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 Boxwood Farms:
  • 38.875946, -77.566380
  • 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 Boxwood Farms

• 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 Prince William County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William County
  • Since Boxwood Farms is near Loudoun County and also Prince George County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Loudoun County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George 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 Boxwood Farms

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boxwood Farms ...

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.

• Bull Run
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Bull Run is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
• Country Scene
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Country Scene is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Scene
• Coverstone
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Coverstone is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coverstone
• Crescent
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Crescent is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
• Evergreen Farms
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Farms is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Farms
• German
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • German is located in Loudoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German
• Haymarket
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Haymarket is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymarket
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haymarket <1>
• Hickory Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hickory Grove is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
• Lakeview
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lakeview is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• London Towne
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • London Towne is located in Fairfax County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Towne
• Rocky Run
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rocky Run is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Run
• Snow Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Snow Hill is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
• Waterfall
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Waterfall is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall
• Waterfall Village
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Waterfall Village is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall Village

How Far From Boxwood Farms 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 Boxwood Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Boxwood Farms and extending to:

• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Boxwood Farms 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 6 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 28 miles [45.1 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,921 miles [9,528.9 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 4,504 miles [7,248.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'