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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 Long Level Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Level Estates and the surrounding area.
- 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 Long Level Estates:
- 38.832892, -77.622769
- 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 Long Level Estates
- 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 Prince William County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William County
- Since Long Level Estates is near Prince George County and also Fauquier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fauquier 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 Long Level Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Level Estates ...
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.
- Coverstone
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Coverstone is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coverstone
- Crescent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Evergreen Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Farms is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Farms
- Greenwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenwich is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Haymarket
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hickory Grove is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hopewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Little Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little Georgetown is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pilgrims Rest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Rocky Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Run is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Run
- Snow Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Snow Hill is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Twin Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Twin Oaks is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Waterfall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waterfall is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall
- Waterfall Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waterfall Village is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall Village
How Far From Long Level Estates 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 Long Level Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Long Level Estates and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Long Level Estates 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 31 miles [49.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,925 miles [9,535.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,631 miles [10,671.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,508 miles [7,254.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Long Level Estates) 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 Long Level Estates 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 Long Level Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8329, Longitude: -77.6228 In this case, the coordinates for Long Level Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.239 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.827 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.985 degrees. |
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