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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 Kings Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kings Crossing and the surrounding area.
- 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 Kings Crossing:
- 38.769282, -78.498620
- 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 Kings Crossing
- 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 Shenandoah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shenandoah County
- Since Kings Crossing is near Page County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Page County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Kings Crossing
Communities Also Named Kings Crossing ...
We found four communities that are also named Kings Crossing.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Kings Crossing.
Beyond Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Suffolk City
- This Kings Crossing is located in Suffolk City and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Kings Crossing that is located in Shenandoah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Kings Crossing.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Humboldt County
- This Kings Crossing is located in Humboldt County and lies 2,378 miles [3,827 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kings Crossing that is located in Shenandoah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Kings Crossing.
- Georgia
- Cobb County
- This Kings Crossing is located in Cobb County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kings Crossing that is located in Shenandoah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Kings Crossing.
- Houston County
- This Kings Crossing is located in Houston County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km] to the southwest of the Kings Crossing that is located in Shenandoah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Kings Crossing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kings Crossing ...
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.
- Big Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Spring is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Burners Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burners Ford is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burners Ford
- Calvary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Edinburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Overall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Readus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Readus is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readus
- Red Banks ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Red Banks is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
- Seven Fountains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Spring View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring View is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring View
- Whitehouse Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Whitehouse Landing is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Landing
- Willow Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Woodland Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woodland Park is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Kings Crossing 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 Kings Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kings Crossing and extending to:
- Woodstock, which is the Seat of Shenandoah County, lies just to the North.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Kings Crossing 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 79 miles [127.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,965 miles [9,599.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,549 miles [7,320.9 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 from Point A (ie- Kings Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Kings Crossing 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 Kings Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7693, Longitude: -78.4986 In this case, the coordinates for Kings Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.763 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.412 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.379 degrees. |
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