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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 Riverton Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Riverton Junction 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 Riverton Junction:
- 38.941777, -78.189167
- 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 Riverton Junction
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Riverton Junction is near Rappahannock County and also Frederick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rappahannock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick 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 Riverton Junction
Communities Also Named Riverton Junction ...
We found one communities that are also named Riverton Junction.
Within Virginia, the name Riverton Junction is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Riverton Junction in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Greenup 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 Kentucky community of Riverton Junction [Greenup County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Riverton Junction ...
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.
- Cedarville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Deer Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Deer Haven is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Haven
- Front Royal
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Front Royal Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Front Royal Junction is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Front Royal Junction
- Green Hill Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill Forest is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Forest
- Heritage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage
- Hill and Dale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hill and Dale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill and Dale
- Mineral Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Mountain View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- River View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- River View is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Royal Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Woodland Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Woodland Park is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Riverton Junction 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 Riverton Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Riverton Junction and extending to:
- Front Royal, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the South.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Riverton Junction 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 61 miles [98.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,944 miles [9,565.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,528 miles [7,287.1 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 Riverton Junction 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Riverton Junction) 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 Riverton Junction 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 Riverton Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9418, Longitude: -78.1892 In this case, the coordinates for Riverton Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.57 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.219 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.184 degrees. |
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