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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 Chapel View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chapel View 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 Chapel View:
    • 38.362200, -77.485600
    • 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 Chapel View
  • 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 Stafford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stafford County
    • Since Chapel View is near Fredericksburg City and also Spotsylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fredericksburg City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spotsylvania 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 Chapel View

Communities Also Named Chapel View ...

We found two communities that are also named Chapel View.

Within Virginia, the name Chapel View is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Chapel View [Howard County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • This Chapel View is located in York County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Chapel View that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Chapel View.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chapel View ...

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.

  • Clearview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Clearview is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Cranes Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cranes Corner is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Corner
  • Cranewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cranewood is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranewood
  • Deacon Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Deacon Woods is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon Woods
  • England Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • England Run is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for England Run
  • English Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • English Hills is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Hills
  • Fall Run Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fall Run Park is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Run Park
  • Heartland Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Heartland Ridge is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Ridge
  • Heather Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Heather Hills is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Hills
  • Heritage Commons
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Heritage Commons is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Commons
  • Hickory Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Ridge is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
  • High School Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • High School Heights is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High School Heights
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Locust Knolls
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Locust Knolls is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Knolls
    • Misty Forest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Misty Forest is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Forest
    • Peach Lawn
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Peach Lawn is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lawn
    • Peacock Station
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Peacock Station is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock Station
    • Ridge Pointe
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ridge Pointe is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Pointe
    • Spring Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Spring Valley is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Walnut Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Walnut Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Walnut Hill is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
    • Woodlawn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodlawn is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

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

  • Stafford, which is the Seat of Stafford County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Chapel View to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 44 miles [70.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,939 miles [9,557.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,643 miles [10,690.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,520 miles [7,274.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Chapel View 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.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Chapel View) 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 Chapel View 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 Chapel View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3622, Longitude: -77.4856       In this case, the coordinates for Chapel View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.185 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.693 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.105 degrees.