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 Glen Forest:
36.839593, -76.473837
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.
We found six communities that share the name Glen Forest.
There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Glen Forest.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Fairfax County
This Glen Forest is located in Fairfax County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Glen Forest.
Roanoke County
This Glen Forest is located in Roanoke County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Glen Forest.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Shelby County
This Glen Forest is located in Shelby County and lies 636 miles [1,023.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Glen Forest.
North Carolina
Durham County
This Glen Forest is located in Durham County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Durham County community of Glen Forest.
Wake County
This Glen Forest is located in Wake County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Glen Forest.
Texas
Harris County
This Glen Forest is located in Harris County and lies 1,187 miles [1,910.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Glen Forest.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glen Forest ...
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.
Bruce (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruce have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Glen Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glen Forest and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Glen Forest 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 4 days. 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 145 miles [233.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,960 miles [9,591.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,654 miles [10,708.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,536 miles [7,300 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Glen Forest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glen Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8396, Longitude: -76.4738 In this case, the coordinates for Glen Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Glen Forest to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.681 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.886 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.262 degrees.