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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 Coal Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coal 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 Coal Landing:
- 38.445957, -77.386371
- 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 Coal 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 Coal Landing is near Prince William County and also Charles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles 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 Coal Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coal 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.
- Aqua Villa
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Aqua Villa is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqua Villa
- Bells Run
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bells Run is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Run
- Bowers
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bowers is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Cobblestone
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cobblestone is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone
- Greenridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Greenridge is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
- Harris
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Harris is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Liberty Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Place is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Place
- Patriots Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Patriots Landing is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patriots Landing
- Quail Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Quail Run is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Raspberry
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Raspberry is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raspberry
- Rivendell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rivendell is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivendell
- Sams Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sams Ridge is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Ridge
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Settlers Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Settlers Landing is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Landing
- Shadow Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shadow Woods is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Woods
- Stone River
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stone River is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone River
- Summerwind
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Summerwind is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwind
- Summerwood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Summerwood is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwood
- Sunnyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Sunshine Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sunshine Hills is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Hills
- Twin Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Twin Oaks is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Vintage Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vintage Oaks is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Oaks
How Far From Coal Landing 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 Coal Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Coal Landing and extending to:
- Stafford, which is the Seat of Stafford County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Coal Landing to Richmond, with an average speed<2> 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 36 miles [57.9 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 just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,931 miles [9,545 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- 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).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,513 miles [7,263 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Coal Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Coal 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 Coal Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4460, Longitude: -77.3864 In this case, the coordinates for Coal Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.122 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.634 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.032 degrees. |
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