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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 Old Field Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Field Estates 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 Old Field Estates:
- 38.856780, -77.581380
- 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 Old Field Estates
- 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 Prince William County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William County
- Since Old Field Estates is near Prince George County and also Loudoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudoun 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 Old Field Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Field Estates ...
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.
- Bull Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bull Run is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
- Country Scene
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Country Scene is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Scene
- Coverstone
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Coverstone is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coverstone
- Crescent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crescent is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Evergreen Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Farms is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Farms
- German
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- German is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German
- Haymarket
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- London Towne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- London Towne is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Towne
- Rocky Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Run is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Run
- Snow Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Waterfall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Waterfall is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall
- Waterfall Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Waterfall Village is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall Village
How Far From Old Field Estates 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 Old Field Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Field Estates and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Old Field Estates 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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 29 miles [46.7 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,922 miles [9,530.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,628 miles [10,666.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,505 miles [7,250.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Field Estates) 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 Old Field Estates 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 Old Field Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8568, Longitude: -77.5814 In this case, the coordinates for Old Field Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.214 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.801 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.959 degrees. |
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