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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 Colbert Walker Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colbert Walker Estates 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 Colbert Walker Estates:
- 38.296000, -77.354700
- 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 Colbert Walker Estates
- 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 Colbert Walker Estates is near King George County and also Spotsylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for King George County
- 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 Colbert Walker Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colbert Walker Estates ...
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.
- Butzner Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Butzner Corner is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butzner Corner
- Chapel Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Chapel Heights is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Heights
- Deer Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Deer Forest is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Forest
- Ferry Road
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ferry Road is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Road
- Fines Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fines Corner is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fines Corner
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Little Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Little Creek is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
- Little Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Falls is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Little Falls Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Little Falls Village is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls Village
- Marshall Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall Woods is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Woods
- Part Little Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Part Little Falls is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Part Little Falls
- River Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- River Bend is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Sandy Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Stones Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stones Corner is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Corner
- Sycamore Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sycamore Ridge is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Ridge
- Wildcat Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wildcat Corner is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat Corner
- Will-More
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Will-More is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will-More
- Woodlanding Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Woodlanding Village is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlanding Village
How Far From Colbert Walker Estates 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 Colbert Walker Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Colbert Walker Estates and extending to:
- Stafford, which is the Seat of Stafford County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Colbert Walker Estates to Stafford, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 44 miles [70.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,937 miles [9,554.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,640 miles [10,686 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,517 miles [7,269.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Colbert Walker Estates) 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 Colbert Walker Estates 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 Colbert Walker Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2960, Longitude: -77.3547 In this case, the coordinates for Colbert Walker Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.112 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.599 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.075 degrees. |
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