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 Crystal Spring:
37.245415, -79.955315
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.
We found four communities that share the name Crystal Spring.
Within Virginia, the name Crystal Spring is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Michigan
Leelanau County
This Crystal Spring is located in Leelanau County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leelanau County community of Crystal Spring.
Minnesota
Winona County
This Crystal Spring is located in Winona County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winona County community of Crystal Spring.
New York
Yates County
This Crystal Spring is located in Yates County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yates County community of Crystal Spring.
Pennsylvania
Fulton County
This Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Crystal Spring.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crystal Spring ...
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.
Castle Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Crystal Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crystal Spring and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Crystal Spring to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,093 miles [9,805.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,798 miles [10,940.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Crystal Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crystal Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2454, Longitude: -79.9553 In this case, the coordinates for Crystal Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Crystal Spring to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.681 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.23 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.516 degrees.