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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 Stafford Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stafford Place 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 Stafford Place:
    • 37.289039, -77.481652
    • 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 Stafford Place
  • 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 Chesterfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
    • Since Stafford Place is near Colonial Heights City and also Dinwiddie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Colonial Heights City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dinwiddie 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 Stafford Place

Communities Also Named Stafford Place ...

We found one communities that are also named Stafford Place.

Within Virginia, the name Stafford Place is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Stafford Place in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Stafford Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stafford Place that is located in Chesterfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Stafford Place.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stafford Place ...

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.

  • Chester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Chestnut Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Chestnut Gardens is located in Dinwiddie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gardens
  • College Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • College Park is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Edenshire
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Edenshire is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenshire
  • Gay Farms
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gay Farms is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Farms
  • Grant Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
  • Grove Place
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Grove Place is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Place
  • Hunters Green
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hunters Green is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Green
  • Lakeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeview is located in Colonial Heights City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Leader
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Leader is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leader
  • Locust Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Locust Grove is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Mistwood Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mistwood Forest is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistwood Forest
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Pocahontas
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Pocahontas is located in Petersburg City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
    • Rabbit Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Rabbit Run is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Run
    • River View Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • River View Park is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View Park
    • Robertson Place
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Robertson Place is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Place
    • Sandy Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Sandy Ridge is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
    • Trojan Woods
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Trojan Woods is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trojan Woods
    • Woodlawn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Woodlawn is located in Colonial Heights City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

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

  • Chesterfield, which is the Seat of Chesterfield County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Stafford Place to Richmond, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 113 miles [181.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,985 miles [9,631.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,684 miles [10,756.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,563 miles [7,343.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stafford Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Stafford Place 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 Stafford Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2890, Longitude: -77.4817       In this case, the coordinates for Stafford Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.236 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.588 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.497 degrees.