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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 Burners Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burners Ford 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 Burners Ford:
- 38.800671, -78.366950
- 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 Burners Ford
- 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 Page County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Page County
- Since Burners Ford is near Warren County and also Shenandoah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shenandoah 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 Burners Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burners Ford ...
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.
- Big Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Big Spring is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Deer Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Haven is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Haven
- Edinburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fourway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fourway is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourway
- Glen Echo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Echo is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Echo
- Kings Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kings Crossing is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
- Merrymount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Merrymount is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrymount
- Mineral Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Overall
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Panorama
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Panorama is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama
- Seven Fountains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Spring View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Spring View is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring View
- Toms Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Woodland Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Park is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Burners Ford to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Burners Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Burners Ford and extending to:
- Luray, which is the Seat of Page County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Burners Ford to Luray, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 71 miles [114.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,958 miles [9,588.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,666 miles [10,727.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,542 miles [7,309.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burners Ford) 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 Burners Ford 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 Burners Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8007, Longitude: -78.3670 In this case, the coordinates for Burners Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.683 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.326 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.312 degrees. |
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