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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 East Falls Church, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Falls Church 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 East Falls Church:
- 38.887334, -77.154424
- 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 East Falls Church
- 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 East Falls Church is near Falls Church City and also Fairfax County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Falls Church 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 East Falls Church
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Falls Church ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cherrydale is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrydale
- Crescent Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Crescent Hills is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Hills
- Dominion Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dominion Heights is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion Heights
- Dominion Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dominion Hills is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion Hills
- Dover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Falls Church
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Falls Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Falls Hill is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Hill
- Foxhall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Foxhall is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
- Garden City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Garden City is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Glen Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Forest is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Forest
- Greenway Downs
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Greenway Downs is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Downs
- Halls Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Halls Hill is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Hill
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Kent Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kent Gardens is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Gardens
- Lacey Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lacey Forest is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Forest
- Lee Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Heights is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Heights
- Poplar Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Poplar Heights is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Heights
- Ravenwood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ravenwood is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Seven Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sleepy Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Virginia Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Virginia Forest is located in Falls Church City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Forest
- Walters Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Walters Woods is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters Woods
How Far From East Falls Church 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 East Falls Church to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Falls Church and extending to:
- Arlington, which is the Seat of Arlington County, lies just to the East.
- 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 East Falls Church 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 5,903 miles [9,500 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,608 miles [10,634.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,485 miles [7,217.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Falls Church) 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 East Falls Church 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 East Falls Church. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8873, Longitude: -77.1544 In this case, the coordinates for East Falls Church have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.959 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.517 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.767 degrees. |
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