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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 Sterling Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sterling Park 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 Sterling Park:
- 39.003721, -77.400543
- 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 Sterling Park
- 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 Loudoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudoun County
- Since Sterling Park is near Fairfax County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Sterling Park
Communities Also Named Sterling Park ...
We found two communities that are also named Sterling Park.
Within Virginia, the name Sterling Park is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Mateo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Sterling Park [San Mateo County].
- Tennessee
- Hamilton County
- This Sterling Park is located in Hamilton County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Sterling Park that is located in Loudoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Sterling Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sterling Park ...
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.
- Cooktown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cooktown is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooktown
- Countryside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Countryside is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Deanwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Deanwood is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanwood
- Graves
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Graves is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves
- Great Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hickory Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Creek is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Hickory Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hickory Run is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Run
- Lees Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lees Corner is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Corner
- Moneys Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moneys Corner is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moneys Corner
- Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pinecrest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pinecrest is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Springvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Springvale is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Sugarland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sugarland is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarland
- Sugarland Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sugarland Run is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarland Run
- Sunset Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Hills is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- University Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- University Center is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Center
How Far From Sterling Park 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 Sterling Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sterling Park and extending to:
- Leesburg, which is the Seat of Loudoun County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sterling Park to Leesburg, with an average speed<4> 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 100 miles [160.9 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 20 miles [32.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,908 miles [9,508 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,615 miles [10,645.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,491 miles [7,227.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Sterling Park could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Sterling Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Sterling Park 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 Sterling Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0037, Longitude: -77.4005 In this case, the coordinates for Sterling Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.098 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.692 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.827 degrees. |
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