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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 Raymonds Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Raymonds Fork 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 Raymonds Fork:
- 38.076800, -77.324980
- 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 Raymonds Fork
- 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 Raymonds Fork 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 Raymonds Fork
Curious and Interesting Names Near Raymonds Fork ...
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.
- Bowling Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bullocks Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bullocks Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullocks Corner
- Cash Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cash Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Hard Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hard Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Corner
- Hickory Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Fork is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Fork
- Hicks Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hicks Mill is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Mill
- Howards Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Howards Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Corner
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Loving Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Loving Fork is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving Fork
- Mica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mica is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mica
- Oak Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Corner
- Penny Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Penny Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penny Corner
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Poorhouse Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Poorhouse Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poorhouse Corner
- Pullers Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pullers Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullers Corner
- Range Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Range Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range Corner
- Young Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Young Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Corner
How Far From Raymonds Fork 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 Raymonds Fork to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Raymonds Fork and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Caroline County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Raymonds Fork to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 58 miles [93.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,945 miles [9,567.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,525 miles [7,282.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Raymonds Fork) 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 Raymonds Fork 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 Raymonds Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0768, Longitude: -77.3250 In this case, the coordinates for Raymonds Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.106 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.56 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.145 degrees. |
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