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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 Georgetown East, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Georgetown East 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 Georgetown East:
    • 38.434400, -77.439400
    • 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 Georgetown East
  • 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 Stafford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stafford County
    • Since Georgetown East is near Prince William County and also Charles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charles 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 Georgetown East

Communities Also Named Georgetown East ...

We found two communities that are also named Georgetown East.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Georgetown East.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Georgetown East in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Chesapeake 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 Georgetown East [Chesapeake City].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Georgetown East is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Georgetown East that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Georgetown East.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Georgetown East ...

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.

  • Aqua Villa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Aqua Villa is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqua Villa
  • Bells Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Bells Run is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Run
  • Bowers
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Bowers is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
  • Coal Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Coal Landing is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Landing
  • Cobblestone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cobblestone is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone
  • Elizabeth Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Elizabeth Park is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Park
  • Fritters Lane
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Fritters Lane is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritters Lane
  • Greenridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Greenridge is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
  • Harris
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Harris is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Heritage Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Heritage Oaks is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Oaks
  • Hunters Pond
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hunters Pond is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Pond
  • King James Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • King James Village is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King James Village
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Liberty Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Liberty Place is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Place
    • Meadowlark
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Meadowlark is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlark
    • Old Homestead
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Old Homestead is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Homestead
    • Park Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Park Ridge is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
    • Patriots Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Patriots Landing is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patriots Landing
    • Peppermint Forest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Peppermint Forest is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppermint Forest
    • Quail Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Quail Run is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
    • Raintree
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Raintree is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
    • Rolling Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Rolling Meadows is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
    • Settlers Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Settlers Landing is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Landing
    • Shadow Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Shadow Woods is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Woods
    • Sky Terrace
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Sky Terrace is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Terrace
    • Stone River
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Stone River is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone River
    • Summerwind
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Summerwind is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwind
    • Summerwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Summerwood is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwood
    • Twin Oaks
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Twin Oaks is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Vintage Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Vintage Oaks is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Oaks

How Far From Georgetown East 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 Georgetown East to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Stafford, which is the Seat of Stafford County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Georgetown East to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 38 miles [61.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,934 miles [9,549.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,516 miles [7,267.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Georgetown East 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>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- Georgetown East) 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 Georgetown East 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 Georgetown East. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4344, Longitude: -77.4394       In this case, the coordinates for Georgetown East have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.154 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.668 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.058 degrees.