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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 Chatham Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chatham Landing 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 Chatham Landing:
- 38.302200, -77.452400
- 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 Chatham Landing
- 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 Chatham Landing 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 Chatham Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chatham Landing ...
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.
- Cedar Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Clearview
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Clearview is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Deacon Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Deacon Woods is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon Woods
- Deer Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Deer Forest is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Forest
- Fall Run Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fall Run Park is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Run Park
- Ferry Farm
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ferry Farm is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Farm
- Ferry Road
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ferry Road is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Road
- Fredericksburg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Grandview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Hazel Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hazel Hill is located in Fredericksburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Hill
- Heather Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Heather Hills is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Hills
- High School Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- High School Heights is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High School Heights
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Hollyridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hollyridge is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollyridge
- Little Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Little Falls is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Little Falls Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Little Falls Village is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls Village
- Misty Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Misty Forest is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Forest
- Part Little Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Part Little Falls is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Part Little Falls
- Ridge Pointe
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ridge Pointe is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Pointe
- Spring Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Walnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Hill is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Will-More
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Will-More is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will-More
- Woodlawn
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Chatham Landing 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 Chatham Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chatham Landing and extending to:
- Stafford, which is the Seat of Stafford County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Chatham Landing 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 46 miles [74 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 5,940 miles [9,559.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,521 miles [7,275.8 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 '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- Chatham Landing) 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 Chatham Landing 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 Chatham Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3022, Longitude: -77.4524 In this case, the coordinates for Chatham Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.169 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.665 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.113 degrees. |
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