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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 Fairfields, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairfields 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 Fairfields:
    • 37.298199, -79.251413
    • 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 Fairfields
  • 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 Campbell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
    • Since Fairfields is near Bedford County and also Lynchburg City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lynchburg City
  • 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 Fairfields

Communities Also Named Fairfields ...

We found two communities that are also named Fairfields.

Within Virginia, the name Fairfields is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Cecil County
      • This Fairfields is located in Cecil County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fairfields that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Fairfields.
    • Michigan
      • Lenawee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Fairfields [Lenawee County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairfields ...

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.

  • Brush Tavern
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Brush Tavern is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Tavern
  • City Farm
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • City Farm is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Farm
  • Deer Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Deer Creek is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
  • Forest Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Park is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Green Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Green Meadows is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Heritage Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Heritage Hills is located in Lynchburg City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
  • Landmark
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Landmark is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
  • Lawyers
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Lawyers is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
  • Poplar Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Poplar Forest is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Forest
  • Rainbow Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Rainbow Forest is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Forest
  • Sleepy Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Sleepy Hollow is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
  • Sunny Banks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Sunny Banks is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Banks
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Tanglewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Tanglewood is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Timberlake
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Timberlake is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
    • Whetstone Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Whetstone Hills is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone Hills
    • Wildwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Wildwood is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Woodlawn
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Woodlawn is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Fairfields to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fairfields to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Rustburg, which is the Seat of Campbell County, lies just to the East.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Fairfields 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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 163 miles [262.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,060 miles [9,752.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,764 miles [10,885.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,642 miles [7,470.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fairfields) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Fairfields 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.
<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 Fairfields 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 Fairfields. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2982, Longitude: -79.2514       In this case, the coordinates for Fairfields have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.266 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.764 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.21 degrees.