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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 Southampton Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Southampton Forest 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 Southampton Forest:
- 38.910667, -77.189981
- 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 Southampton Forest
- 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 Southampton Forest is near Arlington County and also Falls Church City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arlington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Falls Church City
- 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 Southampton Forest
Curious and Interesting Names Near Southampton Forest ...
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.
- Crescent Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Crescent Hills is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Hills
- Dominion Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dominion Hills is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion Hills
- Enola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Enola is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Falls Church
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Falls Hill
(Less than 2 miles 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 east)
- Foxhall is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Garden City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Greenway Downs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greenway Downs is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Downs
- Halls Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Halls Hill is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Hill
- Howard
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Howard is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Kent Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kent Gardens is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Gardens
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Lacey Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lacey Forest is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Forest
- Lee Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lee Heights is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Heights
- Pine Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Spring is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Spring
- Poplar Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Poplar Heights is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Heights
- Ravenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ravenwood is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Seven Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sleepy Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Swinks Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Swinks Mill is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swinks Mill
- Virginia Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Virginia Forest is located in Falls Church City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Forest
How Far From Southampton Forest 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 Southampton Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Southampton Forest and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Southampton Forest 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 (E).
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,903 miles [9,500 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,486 miles [7,219.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Southampton Forest) 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 Southampton Forest 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 Southampton Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9107, Longitude: -77.1900 In this case, the coordinates for Southampton Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.979 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.542 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.773 degrees. |
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