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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 Lewis Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lewis Park 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 Lewis Park:
    • 38.820947, -77.376375
    • 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 Lewis Park
  • 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 Fairfax County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
    • Since Lewis Park is near Fairfax City and also Prince William County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax City
    • 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 Lewis Park

Communities Also Named Lewis Park ...

We found one communities that are also named Lewis Park.

Within Virginia, the name Lewis Park is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Lewis Park in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Lewis 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 Tennessee community of Lewis Park [Lewis County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lewis Park ...

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.

  • Blue Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Blue Oaks is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Oaks
  • Butts Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Butts Corner is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butts Corner
  • Crystal Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Crystal Springs is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • Fair Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Fair Oaks is located in Fairfax City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
  • Green Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Green Acres is located in Fairfax City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Joyce Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Joyce Heights is located in Fairfax City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce Heights
  • Lee-Hi Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lee-Hi Village is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee-Hi Village
  • Lincoln Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Little River Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Little River Hills is located in Fairfax City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River Hills
  • London Towne
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • London Towne is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Towne
  • Maple Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Maple Hills is located in Fairfax City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hills
  • Navy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Navy is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navy
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Orchard Bridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Orchard Bridge is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Bridge
    • Random Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Random Hills is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
    • Sideburn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Sideburn is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sideburn
    • Station Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Station Hills is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Hills
    • Uniontown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Uniontown is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Willow Springs
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Willow Springs is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
    • Yorkshire
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Yorkshire is located in Prince William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
    • Yorkshire Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Yorkshire Village is located in Prince William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Village

How Far From Lewis Park 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 Lewis Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Lewis Park to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 5 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 19 miles [30.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,915 miles [9,519.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,621 miles [10,655.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,497 miles [7,237.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Lewis Park 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lewis Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Lewis Park 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 Lewis Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8209, Longitude: -77.3764       In this case, the coordinates for Lewis Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.094 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.66 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.886 degrees.