Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lagrange, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lagrange and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lagrange
- 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 Lagrange:
- 38.441516, -77.853050
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lagrange
- 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 Culpeper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Culpeper County
- Since Lagrange is near Fauquier County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fauquier County
- eBird sighting report for Orange 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lagrange ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Lagrange.
Within Virginia, the name Lagrange is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Maine
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Ohio
- Lawrence County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lagrange [Lawrence County].
- Licking County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Licking County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Lagrange.
- Lorain County
- This Lagrange is located in Lorain County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lagrange that is located in Culpeper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Lagrange.
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia County
- This Lagrange is located in Philadelphia County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lagrange that is located in Culpeper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Lagrange.
- Wyoming County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lagrange [Wyoming County].
- South Dakota
- Vermont
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lagrange ...
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.
- Braggs Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Braggs Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggs Corner
- Braggs Corner is located in Culpeper County
- Brandy Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brandy Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy Station
- Brandy Station is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brandy Station <5>
- Burr Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
- Burr Hill is located in Orange County
- Elkwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Elkwood is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkwood <5>
- Flat Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Golden Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hills
- Golden Hills is located in Fauquier County
- Greens Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greens Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Corner
- Greens Corner is located in Culpeper County
- High Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- High Point is located in Culpeper County
- Indian Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
- Indian Town is located in Orange County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Kellys Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kellys Ford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Ford
- Kellys Ford is located in Culpeper County
- Meadows of Culpeper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadows of Culpeper have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows of Culpeper
- Meadows of Culpeper is located in Culpeper County
- Mount Holly
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Mount Holly is located in Fauquier County
- Raccoon Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raccoon Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Ford
- Raccoon Ford is located in Culpeper County
- Sumerduck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sumerduck have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumerduck
- Sumerduck is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumerduck <5>
- True Blue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue
- True Blue is located in Orange County
- Kellys Ford
How Far From Lagrange 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 Lagrange to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lagrange and extending to:
- Culpeper, which is the Seat of Culpeper County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Lagrange to Richmond, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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 54 miles [86.9 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 over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,951 miles [9,577.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,657 miles [10,713.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,534 miles [7,296.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lagrange. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Culpeper County: www.culpepercounty.gov/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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- Lagrange) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lagrange. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4415, Longitude: -77.8530 In this case, the coordinates for Lagrange have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Lagrange 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. |
| <3> | 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 Lagrange, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Lagrange to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.397 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.946 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.228 degrees. |