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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 Hartwood Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hartwood Village 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 Hartwood Village:
    • 38.443400, -77.572000
    • 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 Hartwood Village
  • 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 Hartwood Village is near Fauquier County and also Spotsylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fauquier County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spotsylvania 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 Hartwood Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hartwood Village ...

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.

  • Brandy Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Brandy Hills is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy Hills
  • Cool River
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cool River is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool River
  • Deep Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Deep Run is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
  • Diamond Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Diamond Park is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Park
  • Eagles Nest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Eagles Nest is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
  • Hunters Pond
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hunters Pond is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Pond
  • Ivyglen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ivyglen is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivyglen
  • Kings Grant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Kings Grant is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grant
  • Long Branch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Long Branch is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Queens Guard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Queens Guard is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Guard
  • Rosedale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosedale is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Roseville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Roseville is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Roseville Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Roseville Heights is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville Heights
    • Seven Lakes
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Seven Lakes is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Lakes
    • Skidmore Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Skidmore Corner is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore Corner
    • Skyline Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Skyline Hills is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Hills

How Far From Hartwood Village 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 Hartwood Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hartwood Village and extending to:

  • Stafford, which is the Seat of Stafford County, lies just to the East.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Hartwood Village to Richmond, with an average speed<2> 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 42 miles [67.6 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,939 miles [9,557.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,521 miles [7,275.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hartwood Village) 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 Hartwood Village 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 Hartwood Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4434, Longitude: -77.5720       In this case, the coordinates for Hartwood Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.231 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.758 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.11 degrees.