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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 Meetze, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meetze 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 Meetze:
- 38.682619, -77.759159
- 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 Meetze
- 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 Fauquier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fauquier County
- Since Meetze is near Prince William County and also Culpeper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Culpeper 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 Meetze
Curious and Interesting Names Near Meetze ...
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.
- Broken Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Broken Hill is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Hill
- Casanova
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Frytown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Frytown is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frytown
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Oak Tree Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Tree Corner is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Corner
- Opal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Opal is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal
- Turkey Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Turkey Run is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Run
- Weaverville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Weaverville is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverville
How Far From Meetze 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 Meetze to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Meetze and extending to:
- Warrenton, which is the Seat of Fauquier County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Meetze 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 41 miles [66 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,937 miles [9,554.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,643 miles [10,690.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,520 miles [7,274.2 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- Meetze) 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 Meetze 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 Meetze. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6826, Longitude: -77.7592 In this case, the coordinates for Meetze have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.329 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.905 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.099 degrees. |
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