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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 Christ Church, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Christ Church 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 Christ Church:
- 37.681804, -76.423003
- 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 Christ Church
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since Christ Church is near Northumberland County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Christ Church
Curious and Interesting Names Near Christ Church ...
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.
- Bushy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bushy is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy
- Cooper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cooper is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Cove Colony
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cove Colony is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Colony
- Ditchley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ditchley is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ditchley
- Good Luck
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Good Luck is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Luck
- Grace Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grace Point is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Point
- Greenvale ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greenvale is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Griffins Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Griffins Landing is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Landing
- Harmony Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village
- Harveys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harveys is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveys
- Highland Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Landing is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Landing
- Locust Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Merry Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Merry Point is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Point
- Mollusk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nohead Bottom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nohead Bottom is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nohead Bottom
- Ottoman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ottoman is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottoman
- Queenstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Queenstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Regent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Regent is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regent
- Slabtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Slabtown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Topping
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wake is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
How Far From Christ Church to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Christ Church to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Christ Church and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Christ Church 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 90 miles [144.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,923 miles [9,532.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,621 miles [10,655.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,500 miles [7,242 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' (or 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- Christ Church) 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 Christ Church 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 Christ Church. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6818, Longitude: -76.4230 In this case, the coordinates for Christ Church have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.606 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.929 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.927 degrees. |
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