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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 Salona Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Salona Village 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 Salona Village:
- 38.939278, -77.168591
- 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 Salona Village
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
- Since Salona Village is near Montgomery County and also Arlington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arlington 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 Salona Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Salona Village ...
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.
- Cabin John
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cabin John Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cabin John Park is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin John Park
- Crescent Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent Hills is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Hills
- Falls Church
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Falls Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Falls Hill is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Hill
- Foxhall
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Foxhall is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
- Garden City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Glen Echo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Halls Hill is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Hill
- High Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- High Point is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Howard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Howard is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Kent Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kent Gardens is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Gardens
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Lee Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Heights is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Heights
- Mohican Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mohican Hills is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohican Hills
- Poplar Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Poplar Heights is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Heights
- Swinks Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Swinks Mill is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swinks Mill
- Tulip Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip Hill is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip Hill
How Far From Salona Village 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 Salona Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Salona Village and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Salona Village 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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is just to the east southeast (ESE).
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,901 miles [9,496.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,607 miles [10,632.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,484 miles [7,216.3 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Salona Village) 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 Salona Village 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 Salona Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9393, Longitude: -77.1686 In this case, the coordinates for Salona Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.965 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.531 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.753 degrees. |
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