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As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lake Crystal Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Crystal Farms 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 Crystal Farms:
    • 37.474315, -77.586100
    • 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 Crystal Farms
  • 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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Crystal Farms ...

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.

  • Arrowhead
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrowhead have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
    • Arrowhead is located in Chesterfield County
  • Cedar Farm
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Farm
    • Cedar Farm is located in Richmond City
  • Cherokee Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
    • Cherokee Hills is located in Richmond County
  • Chestnut Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Chesterfield County
  • Fairpines
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairpines have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairpines
    • Fairpines is located in Chesterfield County
  • Fawnbrook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fawnbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawnbrook
    • Fawnbrook is located in Richmond County
  • Five Forks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
    • Five Forks is located in Chesterfield County
  • Grand Summit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Summit
    • Grand Summit is located in Chesterfield County
  • Granite
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
    • Granite is located in Richmond City
  • Gravel Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
    • Gravel Hill is located in Richmond City
  • Hobby Hill Farms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobby Hill Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby Hill Farms
    • Hobby Hill Farms is located in Richmond County
  • Holiday Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
    • Holiday Hills is located in Chesterfield County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Kings Forest
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
      • Kings Forest is located in Chesterfield County
    • Land O'Pines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Land O'Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land O'Pines
      • Land O'Pines is located in Chesterfield County
    • Nuttree ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nuttree have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nuttree
      • Nuttree is located in Chesterfield County
    • Old Gun
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Gun have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Gun
      • Old Gun is located in Chesterfield County
    • Piney Knolls
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Knolls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Knolls
      • Piney Knolls is located in Richmond County
    • Rolling Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
      • Rolling Hills is located in Chesterfield County
    • Spring Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
      • Spring Grove is located in Chesterfield County
    • Wiseville ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wiseville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiseville
      • Wiseville is located in Chesterfield County

How Far From Lake Crystal Farms 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 Crystal Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lake Crystal Farms and extending to:

  • Chesterfield, which is the Seat of Chesterfield County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Lake Crystal Farms to Richmond, 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 102 miles [164.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,982 miles [9,627.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,682 miles [10,753.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,560 miles [7,338.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lake Crystal Farms. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Chesterfield County: www.co.chesterfield.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Crystal Farms) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake Crystal Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4743, Longitude: -77.5861       In this case, the coordinates for Lake Crystal Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Crystal Farms to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.288 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.675 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.472 degrees.









 

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