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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 O Bannon Land, we use the following websites to find information relevant to O Bannon Land 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 O Bannon Land:
- 38.341900, -77.475400
- 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 O Bannon Land
- 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 Stafford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stafford County
- Since O Bannon Land is near Fredericksburg City and also Spotsylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fredericksburg City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spotsylvania 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 O Bannon Land
Curious and Interesting Names Near O Bannon Land ...
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.
- Chapel View
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chapel View is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel View
- Clearview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clearview is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Cranes Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cranes Corner is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Corner
- Cranewood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cranewood is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranewood
- Deacon Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deacon Woods is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon Woods
- England Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- England Run is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for England Run
- Fall Run Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fall Run Park is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Run Park
- Fredericksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Heather Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Heather Hills is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Hills
- Heritage Commons
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Heritage Commons is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Commons
- Hickory Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- High School Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- High School Heights is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High School Heights
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Locust Knolls
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Locust Knolls is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Knolls
- Misty Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Misty Forest is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Forest
- Peacock Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Peacock Station is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock Station
- Ridge Pointe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ridge Pointe is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Pointe
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Walnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Walnut Hill is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Woodlawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From O Bannon Land to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as O Bannon Land to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in O Bannon Land and extending to:
- Stafford, which is the Seat of Stafford County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from O Bannon Land to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 45 miles [72.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two 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 5,940 miles [9,559.5 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 4,521 miles [7,275.8 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 '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- O Bannon Land) 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 O Bannon Land 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 O Bannon Land. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3419, Longitude: -77.4754 In this case, the coordinates for O Bannon Land have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.18 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.684 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.108 degrees. |
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