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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 Monumental Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Monumental Mills 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 Monumental Mills:
- 38.599844, -78.005830
- 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 Monumental Mills
- 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 Culpeper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Culpeper County
- Since Monumental Mills is near Rappahannock County and also Fauquier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rappahannock 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 Monumental Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Monumental Mills ...
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.
- Boston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eggbornsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Erinbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Erinbrook is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erinbrook
- Griffinsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- High Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- High Point is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Homeland
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Korea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Korea is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korea
- Lakota
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lakota is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
- Magee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Magee is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Meadows of Culpeper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Meadows of Culpeper is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows of Culpeper
- Norman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Rock Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Round Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Round Hill is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill
- Scrabble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Viewtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Monumental Mills 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 Monumental Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Monumental Mills and extending to:
- Culpeper, which is the Seat of Culpeper County, lies just to the South.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Monumental Mills 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 56 miles [90.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,951 miles [9,577.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,657 miles [10,713.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,534 miles [7,296.8 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 '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- Monumental Mills) 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 Monumental Mills 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 Monumental Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5998, Longitude: -78.0058 In this case, the coordinates for Monumental Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.479 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.063 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.233 degrees. |
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