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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 Lucketts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lucketts 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 Lucketts:
- 39.21583, -77.534606
- 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 Lucketts
- 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 Loudoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudoun County
- Since Lucketts is near Frederick County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Lucketts
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lucketts ...
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.
- Elmer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elmer is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Furnace Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Furnace Ford is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Ford
- Furnace Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Furnace Mountain is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Mountain
- Goresville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Goresville is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goresville
- Greenfield Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield Mills is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Mills
- Loyalty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Loyalty is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalty
- Martinsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Milltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Milltown is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Pleasant View
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Potomac Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Potomac Crossing is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac Crossing
- Potomac Overlook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Potomac Overlook is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac Overlook
- Rock Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rock Hall is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hall
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Scattersville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Scattersville is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattersville
- Shoemaker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shoemaker is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker
- Stumptown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stumptown is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Sunrise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sunrise is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
How Far From Lucketts 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 Lucketts to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lucketts and extending to:
- Leesburg, which is the Seat of Loudoun County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Lucketts to Richmond, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 34 miles [54.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,905 miles [9,503.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,489 miles [7,224.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lucketts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Lucketts 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 Lucketts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2158, Longitude: -77.5346 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.164 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.80 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.803 degrees. |
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