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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 Cornwell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cornwell 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 Cornwell:
    • 38.689006, -77.441376
    • 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 Cornwell
  • 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 Prince William County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William County
    • Since Cornwell is near Manassas City and also Fairfax County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Manassas City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax 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 Cornwell

Communities Also Named Cornwell ...

We found seven communities that are also named Cornwell.

Within Virginia, the name Cornwell is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Kings County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Cornwell [Kings County].
    • Florida
      • Highlands County
      • This Cornwell is located in Highlands County and lies 808 miles [1,300.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Cornwell that is located in Prince William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highlands County community of Cornwell.
    • Kentucky
      • Menifee County
      • This Cornwell is located in Menifee County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<2> to the west of the Cornwell that is located in Prince William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menifee County community of Cornwell.
    • Mississippi
      • Winston County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Cornwell [Winston County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This Cornwell is located in Bucks County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Cornwell that is located in Prince William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Cornwell.
    • South Carolina
      • Chester County
      • This Cornwell is located in Chester County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Cornwell that is located in Prince William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Cornwell.
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Cornwell [Kanawha County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cornwell ...

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.

  • Bloom Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bloom Hill is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom Hill
  • Camelot
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Camelot is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Foxridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Foxridge is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxridge
  • Heritage Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Heritage Woods is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
  • Hunters Square
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hunters Square is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Square
  • Independent Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Independent Hill is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independent Hill
  • Locust Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Locust Hill is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
  • Longview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Longview is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
  • Meadowbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Mockingbird Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mockingbird Ridge is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Ridge
  • Orangedale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Orangedale is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangedale
  • Princedale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Princedale is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princedale
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Raintree
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Raintree is located in Prince William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
    • Ravenwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ravenwood is located in Prince William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
    • Terrapin Forest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Terrapin Forest is located in Prince William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrapin Forest
    • Windy Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Windy Hill is located in Prince William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill
    • Woodlawn Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Woodlawn Meadows is located in Prince William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Meadows

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

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

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Cornwell to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 26 miles [41.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,629 miles [10,668.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,506 miles [7,251.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cornwell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cornwell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cornwell 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Cornwell 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 Cornwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6890, Longitude: -77.4414       In this case, the coordinates for Cornwell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.141 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.692 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.963 degrees.