|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ramoth Church Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ramoth Church 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 Ramoth Church Estates:
- 38.403200, -77.452000
- 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 Ramoth Church 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 Stafford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stafford County
- Since Ramoth Church Estates 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 Ramoth Church Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ramoth Church 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.
- Aqua Villa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aqua Villa is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqua Villa
- Bells Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bells Run is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Run
- Bowers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bowers is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Chapel View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel View is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel View
- Coal Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Landing is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Landing
- Cobblestone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cobblestone is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone
- Cranes Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cranes Corner is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Corner
- Cranewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cranewood is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranewood
- Elizabeth Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Elizabeth Park is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Park
- England Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- England Run is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for England Run
- Fall Run Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fall Run Park is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Run Park
- Greenridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenridge is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
- Continue List (26 more) ...
- Harris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harris is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Heritage Commons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Heritage Commons is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Commons
- Heritage Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Heritage Oaks is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Oaks
- Hickory Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hunters Pond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hunters Pond is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Pond
- Liberty Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty Place is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Place
- Locust Knolls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Locust Knolls is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Knolls
- Long Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Long Branch is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Meadowlark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Meadowlark is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlark
- Misty Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Misty Forest is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Forest
- Old Homestead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Homestead is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Homestead
- Park Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Park Ridge is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Peach Lawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peach Lawn is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lawn
- Peacock Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Peacock Station is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock Station
- Peppermint Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peppermint Forest is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppermint Forest
- Quail Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Quail Run is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Rolling Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Settlers Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Settlers Landing is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Landing
- Shadow Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shadow Woods is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Woods
- Spring Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stone River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stone River is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone River
- Summerwind
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Summerwind is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwind
- Summerwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summerwood is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwood
- Twin Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Oaks is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Vintage Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vintage Oaks is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Oaks
- Walnut Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Walnut Hill is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
How Far From Ramoth Church 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 Ramoth Church Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ramoth Church Estates and extending to:
- Stafford, which is the Seat of Stafford County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Ramoth Church Estates to Richmond, with an average speed<2> 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 40 miles [64.4 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 just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,936 miles [9,553.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,640 miles [10,686 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,517 miles [7,269.4 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- Ramoth Church Estates) 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 Ramoth Church 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 Ramoth Church Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4032, Longitude: -77.4520 In this case, the coordinates for Ramoth Church Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.163 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.674 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.075 degrees. |
|
|