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 Stewart Manor:
36.809871, -76.396889
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.
We found two communities that share the name Stewart Manor.
Within Virginia, the name Stewart Manor is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Stewart Manor is located in Hillsborough County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Stewart Manor.
New York
Nassau County
This Stewart Manor is located in Nassau County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Stewart Manor.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stewart Manor ...
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.
Bruce (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruce have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Stewart Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stewart Manor and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Stewart Manor 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 148 miles [238.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,958 miles [9,588.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,533 miles [7,295.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Stewart Manor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stewart Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8099, Longitude: -76.3969 In this case, the coordinates for Stewart Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Stewart Manor to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.639 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.834 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.243 degrees.