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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 Lake Arrowhead, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Arrowhead 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 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.
    • Open 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:
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fauquier County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Lake Arrowhead

Communities Also Named Lake Arrowhead ...

We found seven communities that are also named Lake Arrowhead.

Within Virginia, the name Lake Arrowhead is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located 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].

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)
    • Apple Grove is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
  • Cool River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cool River is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool River
  • Deep Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Deep Run is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
  • Eagles Nest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Eagles Nest is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
  • Ivyglen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Ivyglen is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivyglen
  • Kings Crest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Kings Crest is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crest
  • Red Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Red Hill is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Rolling Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Rosedale
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Rosedale is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Roseville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Roseville is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
  • Roseville Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Roseville Heights is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville Heights
  • Ruby
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Ruby is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Seven Lakes
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Seven Lakes is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Lakes
    • Skidmore Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Skidmore Corner is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore Corner
    • Skyline Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Skyline Hills is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Hills
    • Skywoods
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Skywoods is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skywoods
    • Walnut Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Walnut Ridge is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge

How Far From Lake Arrowhead 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 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<3> 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<4> 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).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,518 miles [7,271 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Arrowhead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 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>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 Lake Arrowhead 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 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).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.213 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.746 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.078 degrees.