Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Stony Man:
  • 38.630676, -78.434451
  • 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 Stony Man

• 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 Page County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Page County
  • Since Stony Man is near Rappahannock County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rappahannock County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Stony Man

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stony Man ...

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.

• Big Spring
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Big Spring is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
• Cavetown
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Cavetown is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
• Ida
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Ida is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
• Leaksville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Leaksville is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
• Marksville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Marksville is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
• Panorama
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Panorama is located in Rappahannock County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama
• Skyland
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Skyland is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyland
• Spring View
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Spring View is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring View
• Stanley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Stanley is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,676 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanley <1>
• Whitehouse Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Whitehouse Landing is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Landing
• Woodland Park
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodland Park is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stony Man and extending to:

• Luray, which is the Seat of Page County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Stony Man 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 6 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 77 miles [123.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,968 miles [9,604.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,675 miles [10,742.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,552 miles [7,325.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'