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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 Shenandoah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shenandoah and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Shenandoah:
    • 38.470800, -77.439200
    • 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 Shenandoah
  • 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 Shenandoah ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Shenandoah.

There are four communities within Virginia that are also named Shenandoah.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Hopewell City
      • 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 Virginia community of Shenandoah [Hopewell City].
    • Montgomery County
      • This Shenandoah is located in Montgomery County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Shenandoah.
    • Page County
      • This Shenandoah is located in Page County and lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the west of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Shenandoah.
    • Prince William County
      • This Shenandoah is located in Prince William County and lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Shenandoah.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe County
      • This Shenandoah is located in Arapahoe County and lies 1,464 miles [2,356.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Shenandoah.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Shenandoah is located in New Castle County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Shenandoah.
    • Florida
      • Miami-Dade County
      • This Shenandoah is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 892 miles [1,435.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami-Dade County community of Shenandoah.
    • Georgia
      • Columbia County
      • This Shenandoah is located in Columbia County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Shenandoah.
      • Coweta 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 Georgia community of Shenandoah [Coweta County].
      • DeKalb County
      • This Shenandoah is located in DeKalb County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km] to the southwest of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Shenandoah.
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • This Shenandoah is located in Will County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Shenandoah.
    • Iowa
      • Page County
      • This Shenandoah is located in Page County and lies 965 miles [1,553 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Shenandoah.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Shenandoah.
      • Ouachita Parish
      • This Shenandoah is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km] to the west southwest of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Shenandoah.
    • New York
      • Dutchess County
      • This Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Shenandoah.
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland County
      • This Shenandoah is located in Cumberland County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Shenandoah.
    • Ohio
      • Richland County
      • This Shenandoah is located in Richland County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Shenandoah.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Shenandoah is located in Schuylkill County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Shenandoah.
    • Tennessee
      • Bradley County
      • This Shenandoah is located in Bradley County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Shenandoah.
    • Texas
      • Montgomery County
      • This Shenandoah is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,172 miles [1,886.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Shenandoah that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Shenandoah.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shenandoah ...

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.

  • Elizabeth Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabeth Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Park
    • Elizabeth Park is located in Stafford County
  • Fritters Lane
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fritters Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritters Lane
    • Fritters Lane is located in Stafford County
  • Heritage Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Oaks
    • Heritage Oaks is located in Stafford County
  • King James Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King James Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King James Village
    • King James Village is located in Stafford County
  • Liberty Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Place
    • Liberty Place is located in Stafford County
  • Meadowlark
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlark have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlark
    • Meadowlark is located in Stafford County
  • Old Homestead
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Homestead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Homestead
    • Old Homestead is located in Stafford County
  • Park Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
    • Park Ridge is located in Stafford County
  • Patriots Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patriots Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patriots Landing
    • Patriots Landing is located in Stafford County
  • Raintree
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raintree have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
    • Raintree is located in Stafford County
  • Settlers Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Settlers Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Landing
    • Settlers Landing is located in Stafford County
  • Shadow Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shadow Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Woods
    • Shadow Woods is located in Stafford County
  • Sky Terrace
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sky Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Terrace
    • Sky Terrace is located in Stafford County

How Far From Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shenandoah and extending to:

  • Stafford, which is the Seat of Stafford County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Shenandoah to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 36 miles [57.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,933 miles [9,548.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,637 miles [10,681.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,514 miles [7,264.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shenandoah. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Stafford County: www.co.stafford.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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Shenandoah 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 '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- Shenandoah) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shenandoah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4708, Longitude: -77.4392       In this case, the coordinates for Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah 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 308.152 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.671 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.045 degrees.




 

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