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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 Broken Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Broken Hill 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 Broken Hill:
- 38.751228, -77.708048
- 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 Broken Hill
- 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 Fauquier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fauquier County
- Since Broken Hill is near Prince William County and also Prince George 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 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 Broken Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Broken Hill ...
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.
- Casanova
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Frytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frytown is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frytown
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenwich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greenwich is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Haymarket
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Little Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Little Georgetown is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
- Meadowville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowville is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Pilgrims Rest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Rocky Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rocky Run is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Run
- Turkey Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Turkey Run is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Run
- Twin Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Twin Oaks is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
How Far From Broken Hill 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 Broken Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Broken Hill and extending to:
- Warrenton, which is the Seat of Fauquier County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- 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 Broken Hill 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 37 miles [59.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,932 miles [9,546.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,515 miles [7,266.2 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- Broken Hill) 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 Broken Hill 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 Broken Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7512, Longitude: -77.7080 In this case, the coordinates for Broken Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.295 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.877 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.052 degrees. |
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