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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 Broad Run Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Broad Run Village 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 Broad Run Village:
- 38.762338, -77.588324
- 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 Broad Run Village
- 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 Broad Run Village is near Fauquier County and also Fairfax County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fauquier County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax 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 Broad Run Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Broad Run Village ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Run is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
- Clover Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Country Scene
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Country Scene is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Scene
- Coverstone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coverstone is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coverstone
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenwich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenwich is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Haymarket
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Gate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Iron Gate is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Lakeview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Rocky Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rocky Run is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Run
- Twin Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Twin Oaks is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Woodlawn Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Farms is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Farms
How Far From Broad Run Village 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 Broad Run Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Broad Run Village and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Broad Run Village 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 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 31 miles [49.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 5,927 miles [9,538.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,632 miles [10,673.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,509 miles [7,256.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Broad Run Village) 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 Broad Run Village 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 Broad Run Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7623, Longitude: -77.5883 In this case, the coordinates for Broad Run Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.223 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.797 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.997 degrees. |
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