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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 McLean Hamlet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McLean Hamlet 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 McLean Hamlet:
- 38.939833, -77.218870
- 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 McLean Hamlet
- 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 McLean Hamlet is near Montgomery County and also Falls Church City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Falls Church City
- 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 McLean Hamlet
Curious and Interesting Names Near McLean Hamlet ...
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.
- Cabin John
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cabin John Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cabin John Park is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin John Park
- Cinnamon Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cinnamon Creek is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Creek
- Crescent Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent Hills is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Hills
- Enola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Enola is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Falls Church
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Falls Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Falls Hill is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Hill
- Four Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Four Corners is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Foxhall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Foxhall is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Glen Echo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Great Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Great Falls is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Falls
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Greenway Downs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway Downs is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Downs
- Hickory Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Run is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Run
- Howard
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Howard is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Kent Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Gardens is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Gardens
- Peacock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peacock is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
- Poplar Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Poplar Heights is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Heights
- Sun Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sun Valley is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Swinks Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Swinks Mill is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swinks Mill
- Tulip Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip Hill is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip Hill
- Virginia Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Virginia Forest is located in Falls Church City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Forest
- Wolf Trap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wolf Trap is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Trap
How Far From McLean Hamlet 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 McLean Hamlet to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McLean Hamlet and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from McLean Hamlet 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 10 miles [16.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,903 miles [9,500 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,486 miles [7,219.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McLean Hamlet) 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 McLean Hamlet 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 McLean Hamlet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9398, Longitude: -77.2189 In this case, the coordinates for McLean Hamlet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.994 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.564 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.774 degrees. |
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