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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 Elk Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elk Run 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 Elk Run:
- 38.555123, -77.670823
- 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 Elk Run
- 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 Fauquier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fauquier County
- Since Elk Run is near Stafford County and also Prince William County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stafford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William 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 Elk Run
Communities Also Named Elk Run ...
We found one communities that are also named Elk Run.
Within Virginia, the name Elk Run is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Elk Run in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Tioga County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Elk Run [Tioga County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elk Run ...
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.
- Bleak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bleak is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleak
- Casanova
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cool River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cool River is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool River
- Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Crossroads is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Daniels Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Daniels Mill is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Mill
- Davids Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Davids Crossroads is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davids Crossroads
- Deep Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Run is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Eagles Nest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagles Nest is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Golden Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Hills is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hills
- Goldvein
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kings Grant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kings Grant is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grant
- Lake Arrowhead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Arrowhead is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mount Holly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Holly is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Mountainview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mountainview is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
- Oak Shade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Shade is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Shade
- Oak Tree Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Tree Corner is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Corner
- Queens Guard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Queens Guard is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Guard
- Rolling Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rolling Hills is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Silver Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Silver Hill is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Skyline Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline Hills is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Hills
- Sumerduck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sunny Knoll
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sunny Knoll is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Knoll
- Walnut Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Ridge is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
- Weaversville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Weaversville is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville
- Weaverville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Weaverville is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverville
How Far From Elk Run 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 Elk Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Elk Run and extending to:
- Warrenton, which is the Seat of Fauquier County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Elk Run to Warrenton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 41 miles [66 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,939 miles [9,557.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,521 miles [7,275.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Elk Run 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elk Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Elk Run 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 Elk Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5551, Longitude: -77.6708 In this case, the coordinates for Elk Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.283 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.834 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.11 degrees. |
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