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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 Dominion Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dominion Heights 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 Dominion Heights:
- 38.892890, -77.107756
- 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 Dominion Heights
- 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 Arlington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arlington County
- Since Dominion Heights is near Fairfax County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Dominion Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dominion Heights ...
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.
- Cherrydale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cherrydale is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrydale
- Colonial Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Colonial Village is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Crescent Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Crescent Hills is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Hills
- Dominion Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dominion Hills is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion Hills
- Dover
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dover is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Garden City
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Garden City is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Glen Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Forest is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Forest
- Green Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Green Valley is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Halls Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Halls Hill is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Hill
- Lacey Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lacey Forest is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Forest
- Lee Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lee Heights is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Heights
- Lyon Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lyon Park is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Park
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Lyon Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lyon Village is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Village
- Riverwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Riverwood is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
- Seven Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Virginia Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Virginia Heights is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Heights
How Far From Dominion Heights to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dominion Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dominion Heights and extending to:
- Arlington, which is the Seat of Arlington County, lies just to the South.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Dominion Heights to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 6 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 just to the east (E).
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,901 miles [9,496.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,606 miles [10,631.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,483 miles [7,214.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Dominion Heights) 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 Dominion Heights 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 Dominion Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8929, Longitude: -77.1078 In this case, the coordinates for Dominion Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.932 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.486 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.746 degrees. |
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