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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 Olde Forge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Olde Forge 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 Olde Forge:
- 38.334500, -77.489900
- 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 Olde Forge
- 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 Olde Forge 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 Olde Forge
Communities Also Named Olde Forge ...
We found one communities that are also named Olde Forge.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Olde Forge.
Beyond Virginia.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Fairfax County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Olde Forge [Fairfax County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Olde Forge ...
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.
- Cedar Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- 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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cranes Corner is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Corner
- Cranewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] 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 east)
- 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
- English Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- English Hills is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Hills
- Fall Run Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- 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 southeast)
- Hazel Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hazel Hill is located in Fredericksburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Hill
- Heartland Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Heartland Ridge is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Ridge
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Heather Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Heather Hills is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Hills
- Heritage Commons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Commons is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Commons
- Hickory Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 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 east)
- High School Heights is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High School Heights
- Hollyridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollyridge is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollyridge
- Locust Knolls
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Locust Knolls is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Knolls
- Misty Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Misty Forest is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Forest
- Old Banks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Banks is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Banks
- Peach Lawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Lawn is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lawn
- 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
- Scenic Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Scenic Ridge is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Ridge
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Walnut Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Walnut Hill
(3 miles [4.8 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 east)
- Woodlawn is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Olde Forge 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 Olde Forge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Olde Forge and extending to:
- Stafford, which is the Seat of Stafford County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Olde Forge to Richmond, with an average speed<4> 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,941 miles [9,561.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,522 miles [7,277.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Olde Forge could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Olde Forge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Olde Forge 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 Olde Forge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3345, Longitude: -77.4899 In this case, the coordinates for Olde Forge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.189 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.693 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.117 degrees. |
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