Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sowego, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sowego and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sowego

• 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 Sowego:
  • 38.599010, -77.576377
  • 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 Sowego

• 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 Fauquier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fauquier County
  • Since Sowego is near Prince William County and also Stafford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William 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 Sowego

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sowego ...

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.

• Clover Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Clover Hill is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
• Combat Village
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Combat Village is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combat Village
• Crossroads
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Crossroads is located in Fauquier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
• Daniels Mill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Daniels Mill is located in Fauquier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Mill
• Davids Crossroads
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Davids Crossroads is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davids Crossroads
• Elk Run
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Elk Run is located in Fauquier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run
• Kings Crossroads
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Kings Crossroads is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossroads
• Lake Arrowhead
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lake Arrowhead is located in Stafford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
• Locust Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Locust Hill is located in Prince William County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
• Mountainview
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountainview is located in Fauquier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
• Rolling Hills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rolling Hills is located in Stafford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
• Walnut Ridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Walnut Ridge is located in Stafford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
• Weaversville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Weaversville is located in Fauquier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sowego and extending to:

• Warrenton, which is the Seat of Fauquier County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sowego to Warrenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 35 miles [56.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
• The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,515 miles [7,266.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'