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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 Buckland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buckland and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Buckland:
    • 38.780394, -77.673881
    • 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 Buckland
  • 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 Buckland is near Fauquier County and also Prince George 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 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 Buckland

Communities Also Named Buckland ...

We found eight communities that are also named Buckland.

Within Virginia, the name Buckland is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This Buckland lies 3,627 miles [5,837.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Buckland that is located in Prince William County.
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford County
      • This Buckland is located in Hartford County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Buckland that is located in Prince William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Buckland.
    • Iowa
      • Allamakee County
      • 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 Iowa community of Buckland [Allamakee County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Franklin County
      • This Buckland is located in Franklin County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the northeast of the Buckland that is located in Prince William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Buckland.
    • Missouri
      • Phelps County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Phelps County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phelps County community of Buckland.
    • North Carolina
      • Gates County
      • This Buckland is located in Gates County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Buckland that is located in Prince William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gates County community of Buckland.
    • Ohio
      • Auglaize County
      • This Buckland is located in Auglaize County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Buckland that is located in Prince William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Auglaize County community of Buckland.
    • Quebec
      • This Buckland lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Buckland that is located in Prince William County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Buckland ...

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.

  • Broken Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Broken Hill is located in Fauquier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Hill
  • Greenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Greenville is located in Fauquier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Greenwich
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenwich is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
  • Haymarket
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Lakeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lakeview is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Little Georgetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Georgetown is located in Fauquier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
  • Pilgrims Rest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Pilgrims Rest is located in Fauquier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
  • Rocky Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Rocky Run is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Run
  • Twin Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin Oaks is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
  • Waterfall
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Waterfall is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Buckland and extending to:

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Buckland 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 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 35 miles [56.3 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 most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,929 miles [9,541.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,635 miles [10,678 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,512 miles [7,261.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buckland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Buckland 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Buckland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Buckland 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 Buckland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7804, Longitude: -77.6739       In this case, the coordinates for Buckland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.273 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.856 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.027 degrees.