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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 Stepney Plantation, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stepney Plantation 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 Stepney Plantation:
- 38.866224, -77.608047
- 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 Stepney Plantation
- 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 Prince George County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George County
- Since Stepney Plantation is near Prince William County and also Loudoun 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 Loudoun 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 Stepney Plantation
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stepney Plantation ...
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.
- Country Scene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Country Scene is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Scene
- Coverstone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coverstone is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coverstone
- Crescent
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Crescent is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Evergreen Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Farms is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Farms
- German
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- German is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German
- Haymarket
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Landmark
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Landmark is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
- Rocky Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rocky Run is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Run
- Snow Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Waterfall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Waterfall is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall
- Waterfall Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Waterfall Village is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall Village
How Far From Stepney Plantation 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 Stepney Plantation to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stepney Plantation and extending to:
- Prince George, which is the Seat of Prince George County, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from Stepney Plantation to Prince George, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 91 miles [146.5 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 30 miles [48.3 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,923 miles [9,532.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,629 miles [10,668.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,506 miles [7,251.7 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stepney Plantation) 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 Stepney Plantation 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 Stepney Plantation. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8662, Longitude: -77.6080 In this case, the coordinates for Stepney Plantation have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.229 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.82 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.967 degrees. |
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