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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 Skinkers Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skinkers Corner 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 Skinkers Corner:
- 38.206519, -77.283869
- 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 Skinkers Corner
- 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 Caroline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
- Since Skinkers Corner is near King George County and also Stafford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for King George County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stafford 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 Skinkers Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Skinkers Corner ...
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.
- Bullocks Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bullocks Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullocks Corner
- Butzner Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Butzner Corner is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butzner Corner
- Graves Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Graves Corner is located in King George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Corner
- Haymount
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Haymount is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymount
- Hop Yard Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hop Yard Landing is located in King George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hop Yard Landing
- Lambs Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lambs Creek is located in King George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Creek
- Lent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lent is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lent
- Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mica
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mica is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mica
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Moss Neck
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Moss Neck is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Neck
- Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Park is located in King George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Pullers Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pullers Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullers Corner
- River Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- River Bend is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Sales Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sales Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sales Corner
- Samuels Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Samuels Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuels Corner
How Far From Skinkers Corner 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 Skinkers Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Skinkers Corner and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Caroline County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Skinkers Corner to Bowling Green, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 49 miles [78.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,937 miles [9,554.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,640 miles [10,686 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,518 miles [7,271 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Skinkers Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Skinkers Corner 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 Skinkers Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2065, Longitude: -77.2839 In this case, the coordinates for Skinkers Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.075 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.544 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.079 degrees. |
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