Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Riverside Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Riverside Gardens and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Riverside Gardens
- 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 Riverside Gardens:
- 38.725948, -77.064144
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Riverside Gardens
- 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 Fairfax County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
- Since Riverside Gardens is near Prince George's County and also Charles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
- eBird sighting report for Charles 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Riverside Gardens ...
We found two communities that share the name Riverside Gardens.
Within Virginia, the name Riverside Gardens is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- New Castle 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 Delaware community of Riverside Gardens [New Castle County].
- Kentucky
- Jefferson County
- This Riverside Gardens is located in Jefferson County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<2> to the west of the Riverside Gardens that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Riverside Gardens.
- Delaware
Curious and Interesting Names Near Riverside Gardens ...
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.
- Cactus Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cactus Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Hill
- Cactus Hill is located in Prince George's County (MD)
- Fort Hunt
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Gum Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Gum Springs is located in Fairfax County
- Harmony Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hall
- Harmony Hall is located in Prince George's County (MD)
- Hunter
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Marlin Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marlin Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlin Forest
- Marlin Forest is located in Fairfax County
- Memorial Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Memorial Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Heights
- Memorial Heights is located in Fairfax County
- Riverview
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Riverwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Spring Bank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Bank have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bank
- Spring Bank is located in Fairfax County
- Sunnyview
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Woodland Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
- Woodland Park is located in Fairfax County
- Woodlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Yacht Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yacht Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yacht Haven
- Yacht Haven is located in Fairfax County
How Far From Riverside Gardens 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 Riverside Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Riverside Gardens and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Riverside Gardens to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 11 miles [17.7 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,906 miles [9,504.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,610 miles [10,637.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,487 miles [7,221.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Riverside Gardens. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Fairfax County: www.co.fairfax.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Riverside Gardens 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Riverside Gardens) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Riverside Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7259, Longitude: -77.0641 In this case, the coordinates for Riverside Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Riverside Gardens to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.916 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.443 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.792 degrees. |