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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 Oatlands, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oatlands 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 Oatlands:
- 39.029275, -77.621104
- 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 Oatlands
- 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 Loudoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudoun County
- Since Oatlands is near Prince William County and also Fauquier 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 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 Oatlands
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oatlands ...
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.
- Butler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Butler is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Circleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Circleville is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleville
- Dover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Evergreen Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Mills is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Mills
- Flint Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Fox Chase
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fox Chase is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
- Gilberts Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gilberts Corner is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilberts Corner
- Graves
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Graves is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves
- Greggsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greggsville is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggsville
- Hughesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hughesville is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
- Leesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Little Washington
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Little Washington is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Washington
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Marble Quarry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Marble Quarry is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Quarry
- Royville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Royville is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royville
- Stoke
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stoke is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoke
- Sunny Bank ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunny Bank is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Bank
How Far From Oatlands 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 Oatlands to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Oatlands and extending to:
- Leesburg, which is the Seat of Loudoun County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Oatlands 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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 32 miles [51.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,917 miles [9,522.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,624 miles [10,660.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,500 miles [7,242 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oatlands) 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 Oatlands 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 Oatlands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0293, Longitude: -77.6211 In this case, the coordinates for Oatlands have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.227 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.843 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.91 degrees. |
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