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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 Fairfield Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairfield Park 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 Fairfield Park:
    • 36.660693, -79.417247
    • 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 Fairfield Park
  • 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 Pittsylvania County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pittsylvania County
    • Since Fairfield Park is near Danville City and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Danville City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Fairfield Park

Communities Also Named Fairfield Park ...

We found one communities that are also named Fairfield Park.

Within Virginia, the name Fairfield Park is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Fairfield Park in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Person County
      • This Fairfield Park is located in Person County and lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Fairfield Park that is located in Pittsylvania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Person County community of Fairfield Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairfield Park ...

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.

  • Beaver Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Beaver Park is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
  • Cartersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Cartersville is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
  • Lumpkin Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Lumpkin Forest is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin Forest
  • Major Court
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Major Court is located in Danville City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Major Court
  • Mount Cross
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
  • New Design
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • New Design is located in Danville City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Design
  • Olde Hunting Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Olde Hunting Hills is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olde Hunting Hills
  • Pine Crest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Crest is located in Danville City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
  • Pleasant Gap
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Gap is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
  • Virginia Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Virginia Hills is located in Danville City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Hills
  • Woodlake Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Woodlake Park is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake Park

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

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

  • Chatham, which is the Seat of Pittsylvania County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Fairfield Park to Chatham, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 201 miles [323.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,095 miles [9,809 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 from Point A (ie- Fairfield Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Fairfield Park 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 Fairfield Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6607, Longitude: -79.4172       In this case, the coordinates for Fairfield Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.38 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.799 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.49 degrees.