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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 Royal View Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Royal View 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 Royal View Estates:
- 38.892057, -78.284447
- 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 Royal View 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Royal View Estates is near Shenandoah County and also Page County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shenandoah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Page 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 Royal View Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Royal View 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.
- Deer Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Deer Haven is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Haven
- Front Royal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Front Royal Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Front Royal Junction is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Front Royal Junction
- Glen Echo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Echo is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Echo
- Heritage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Heritage is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage
- Merrymount
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Merrymount is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrymount
- Mineral Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Mountain View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mountain View is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Overall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- River View
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- River View is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Royal Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Seven Fountains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Waterlick
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Woodland Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Woodland Park is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Royal View Estates to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Royal View Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Royal View Estates and extending to:
- Front Royal, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Royal View Estates to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 67 miles [107.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,950 miles [9,575.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,658 miles [10,715 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,535 miles [7,298.4 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Royal View Estates) 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 Royal View 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 Royal View Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8921, Longitude: -78.2844 In this case, the coordinates for Royal View Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.629 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.279 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.243 degrees. |
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