Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lake Arrowhead, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Arrowhead and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lake Arrowhead
- 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 Lake Arrowhead:
- 38.501000, -77.546100
- 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 Lake Arrowhead
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Stafford County
- Since Lake Arrowhead is near Fauquier County and also Prince William County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fauquier County
- eBird sighting report for Prince William 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 Lake Arrowhead ...
We found seven communities that share the name Lake Arrowhead.
Within Virginia, the name Lake Arrowhead is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Bernardino County
- This Lake Arrowhead is located in San Bernardino County and lies 2,206 miles [3,550.2 km]<1> to the west of the Lake Arrowhead that is located in Stafford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Lake Arrowhead.
- Georgia
- Bibb County
- This Lake Arrowhead is located in Bibb County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lake Arrowhead that is located in Stafford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Lake Arrowhead.
- Cherokee 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 Georgia community of Lake Arrowhead [Cherokee County].
- Maine
- York County
- This Lake Arrowhead is located in York County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lake Arrowhead that is located in Stafford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Lake Arrowhead.
- Missouri
- Franklin 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 Missouri community of Lake Arrowhead [Franklin County].
- New Jersey
- Morris County
- This Lake Arrowhead is located in Morris County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lake Arrowhead that is located in Stafford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Lake Arrowhead.
- South Carolina
- Horry 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 South Carolina community of Lake Arrowhead [Horry County].
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Arrowhead ...
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.
- Apple Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apple Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Apple Grove is located in Stafford County
- Cool River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cool River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool River
- Cool River is located in Stafford County
- Deep Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Eagles Nest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagles Nest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Eagles Nest is located in Stafford County
- Ivyglen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Kings Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crest
- Kings Crest is located in Stafford County
- Red Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Rolling Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rolling Hills is located in Stafford County
- Rosedale
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Roseville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Roseville Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseville Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville Heights
- Roseville Heights is located in Stafford County
- Ruby
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Continue List (5 more) ...
- Seven Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Lakes
- Seven Lakes is located in Stafford County
- Skidmore Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skidmore Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore Corner
- Skidmore Corner is located in Stafford County
- Skyline Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skyline Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Hills
- Skyline Hills is located in Stafford County
- Skywoods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Walnut Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
- Walnut Ridge is located in Stafford County
- Seven Lakes
How Far From Lake Arrowhead 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 Lake Arrowhead to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lake Arrowhead and extending to:
- Stafford, which is the Seat of Stafford County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Arrowhead to Stafford, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 38 miles [61.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,936 miles [9,553.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,640 miles [10,686 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,518 miles [7,271 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lake Arrowhead. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Stafford County: www.co.stafford.va.us/
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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake Arrowhead) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake Arrowhead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5010, Longitude: -77.5461 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Arrowhead 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 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 Lake Arrowhead 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Lake Arrowhead to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.213 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.746 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.078 degrees. |