Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Mountain Falls Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Falls Park and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Mountain Falls Park

• 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 Mountain Falls Park:
  • 39.157882, -78.390839
  • 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 Mountain Falls Park

• 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 Frederick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
  • Since Mountain Falls Park is near Hampshire County and also Shenandoah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hampshire County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shenandoah 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 Mountain Falls Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Falls Park ...

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.

• Bloom ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Bloom is located in Frederick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
• Fawcett Gap
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
• Gravel Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gravel Springs is located in Frederick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Springs
• High View
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • High View is located in Hampshire County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High View
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for High View <1>
• Hooks Mills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hooks Mills is located in Hampshire County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Mills
• Hunters Valley
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hunters Valley is located in Frederick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Valley
• Mount Hope
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Hope is located in Shenandoah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
• Mount Pleasant
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Frederick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Mount Williams
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mount Williams is located in Frederick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Williams
• Mountain Falls
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
• Wheatfield
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wheatfield is located in Shenandoah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatfield
• Yellow Spring
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Yellow Spring is located in Hampshire County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Spring
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yellow Spring <1>

How Far From Mountain Falls Park 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 Mountain Falls Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mountain Falls Park and extending to:

• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Mountain Falls Park to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 74 miles [119.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,943 miles [9,564.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,653 miles [10,707 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,529 miles [7,288.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'