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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 Trap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Trap and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Trap:
    • 38.138189, -77.545541
    • 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 Trap
  • 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 Spotsylvania County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spotsylvania County
    • Since Old Trap is near Caroline County and also Fredericksburg City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fredericksburg City
  • 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 Trap

Communities Also Named Old Trap ...

We found one communities that are also named Old Trap.

Within Virginia, the name Old Trap is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Old Trap in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Camden County
      • This Old Trap is located in Camden County and lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Old Trap that is located in Spotsylvania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Old Trap.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Trap ...

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.

  • Carters Store
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Carters Store is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Store
  • Fourmile Fork
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Fourmile Fork is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Fork
  • Guinea
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Guinea is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea
  • Hams Ford
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hams Ford is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hams Ford
  • Ladysmith
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Ladysmith is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladysmith
  • Locks Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Locks Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Corner
  • Long Branch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Branch is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Mount Pleasant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Nancy Wrights Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Nancy Wrights Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy Wrights Corner
  • Olive
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Olive is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
  • Olivers Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Olivers Corner is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Corner
  • Penneys Crossroad
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Penneys Crossroad is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penneys Crossroad
  • Post Oak
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Post Oak is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak

How Far From Old Trap 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 Old Trap to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Old Trap and extending to:

  • Spotsylvania, which is the Seat of Spotsylvania County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Old Trap to Richmond, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 59 miles [95 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 about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,654 miles [10,708.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,532 miles [7,293.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Old Trap) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Trap 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 Trap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1382, Longitude: -77.5455       In this case, the coordinates for Old Trap have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.232 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.712 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.213 degrees.