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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).

When in Falls Church, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Falls Church 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 Falls Church:
    • 38.882250, -77.171080
    • 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 Falls Church
  • 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 Falls Church

Communities Also Named Falls Church ...

We found three communities that are also named Falls Church.

There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Falls Church.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Falls Church in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Alexandria City
      • 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 Virginia community of Falls Church [Alexandria City].
    • Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Falls Church [Fairfax County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Falls Church is located in Wake County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Falls Church.

Curious and Interesting Names Near 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.

  • Crescent Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Crescent Hills is located in Arlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Hills
  • Dominion Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Dominion Hills is located in Arlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion Hills
  • Falls Hill
    (Less than 2 miles 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 north)
    • Foxhall is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
  • Garden City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] 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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Halls Hill is located in Arlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Hill
  • Kent Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Kent Gardens is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Gardens
  • Lacey Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Lacey Forest is located in Arlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Forest
  • Pine Spring
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Spring is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Spring
  • Poplar Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Poplar Heights is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Heights
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Ravenwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Ravenwood is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
    • Seven Corners
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Sleepy Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sleepy Hollow is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
    • Valley Brook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Valley Brook is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Brook
    • 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 Falls Church 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 city such as Falls Church to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Falls Church to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,904 miles [9,501.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,486 miles [7,219.5 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Falls Church 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 . 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Falls Church) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 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 Falls Church. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8822, Longitude: -77.1711    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.97 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.527 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.776 degrees.