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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 Kopp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kopp 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 Kopp:
- 38.590120, -77.445818
- 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 Kopp
- 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 Prince William County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William County
- Since Kopp is near Stafford County and also Fauquier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stafford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fauquier 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 Kopp
Communities Also Named Kopp ...
We found two communities that are also named Kopp.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Kopp.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Kopp in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Buchanan 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 Kopp [Buchanan County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Adams County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Adams County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Kopp.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kopp ...
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.
- Cloverdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Combat Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Combat Village is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combat Village
- Davids Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Davids Crossroads is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davids Crossroads
- Dumfries
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Independent Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Independent Hill is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independent Hill
- Locust Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Mapledale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mapledale is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapledale
- Meadowbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Meadowbrook is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Orangedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orangedale is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangedale
- Princedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Princedale is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princedale
- Ridgedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgedale is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
- Silverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Silverdale is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Terrapin Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Terrapin Forest is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrapin Forest
- Triangle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tripoli Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tripoli Heights is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli Heights
- Windy Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Windy Hill is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill
How Far From Kopp to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kopp to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Kopp and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<4> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Kopp to Richmond, with an average speed<5>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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,928 miles [9,540.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,633 miles [10,674.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,510 miles [7,258.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Kopp 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kopp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kopp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Kopp 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 Kopp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5901, Longitude: -77.4458 In this case, the coordinates for Kopp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.149 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.686 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.003 degrees. |
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