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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 Pullers Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pullers Corner 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 Pullers Corner:
- 38.157354, -77.342203
- 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 Pullers Corner
- 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 Caroline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
- Since Pullers Corner is near King George County and also Spotsylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for King George County
- 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 Pullers Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pullers Corner ...
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.
- Bullocks Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bullocks Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullocks Corner
- Cash Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cash Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Guinea
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Guinea is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea
- Haymount
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Haymount is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymount
- Howards Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Howards Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Corner
- Lent
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lent is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lent
- Liberty
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Locks Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Locks Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Corner
- Long Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Long Branch is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Loving Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Loving Fork is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving Fork
- Mica
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mica is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mica
- Moss Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moss Neck is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Neck
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Raymonds Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Raymonds Fork is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymonds Fork
- Sales Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sales Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sales Corner
- Samuels Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Samuels Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuels Corner
- Young Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Young Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Corner
How Far From Pullers Corner 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 Pullers Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Pullers Corner and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Caroline County, lies just to the South.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Pullers Corner 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 53 miles [85.3 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 over two 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 5,942 miles [9,562.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,522 miles [7,277.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Pullers Corner) 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 Pullers Corner 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 Pullers Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1574, Longitude: -77.3422 In this case, the coordinates for Pullers Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.112 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.579 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.122 degrees. |
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