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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 Cobblestone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cobblestone 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 Cobblestone:
    • 38.420400, -77.395800
    • 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 Cobblestone
  • 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 Cobblestone is near Charles County and also Prince William County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charles County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William 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 Cobblestone

Communities Also Named Cobblestone ...

We found four communities that are also named Cobblestone.

Within Virginia, the name Cobblestone is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Cobblestone [Cook County].
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Cobblestone is located in Wake County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Cobblestone that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Cobblestone.
    • Texas
      • Brazoria County
      • This Cobblestone is located in Brazoria County and lies 1,190 miles [1,915.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Cobblestone that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazoria County community of Cobblestone.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Cobblestone is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,836 miles [2,954.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Cobblestone that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Cobblestone.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cobblestone ...

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 northeast)
    • Aqua Villa is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqua Villa
  • Bells Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Bells Run is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Run
  • Bowers
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Bowers is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
  • Coal Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Coal Landing is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Landing
  • Greenridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Greenridge is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
  • Harris
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Harris is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Quail Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Quail Run is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
  • Rivendell
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Rivendell is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivendell
  • Shadow Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Shadow Woods is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Woods
  • Stone River
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Stone River is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone River
  • Summerwind
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Summerwind is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwind
  • Summerwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Summerwood is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwood
  • Twin Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Twin Oaks is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
  • Vintage Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Vintage Oaks is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Oaks

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

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

  • Stafford, which is the Seat of Stafford County, lies just to the West.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Cobblestone 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 38 miles [61.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,933 miles [9,548.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,637 miles [10,681.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,514 miles [7,264.6 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Cobblestone 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 '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- Cobblestone) 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 Cobblestone 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 Cobblestone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4204, Longitude: -77.3958       In this case, the coordinates for Cobblestone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.129 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.638 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.046 degrees.