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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 Stratford Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stratford Hills 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 Stratford Hills:
    • 38.908723, -77.140535
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Stratford Hills
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Stratford Hills ...

We found four communities that share the name Stratford Hills.

There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Stratford Hills.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Chesterfield County
      • This Stratford Hills is located in Chesterfield County and lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stratford Hills that is located in Arlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Stratford Hills.
    • Richmond City
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Stratford Hills [Richmond City].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • DuPage County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Stratford Hills [DuPage County].
    • Indiana
      • Vigo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Stratford Hills [Vigo County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stratford Hills ...

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.

  • Cherrydale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrydale
    • Cherrydale is located in Arlington County
  • Crescent Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Hills
    • Crescent Hills is located in Arlington County
  • Dominion Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dominion Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion Heights
    • Dominion Heights is located in Arlington County
  • Dominion Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dominion Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion Hills
    • Dominion Hills is located in Arlington County
  • Dover
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in Arlington County
  • Falls Church
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Foxhall
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxhall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
    • Foxhall is located in Fairfax County
  • Garden City
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
    • Garden City is located in Arlington County
  • Halls Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Hill
    • Halls Hill is located in Arlington County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Kent Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Gardens
      • Kent Gardens is located in Fairfax County
    • Lacey Forest
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lacey Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Forest
      • Lacey Forest is located in Arlington County
    • Lee Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Heights
      • Lee Heights is located in Arlington County
    • Lyon Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyon Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Village
      • Lyon Village is located in Arlington County
    • Riverwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
      • Riverwood is located in Arlington County
    • Seven Corners
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)

How Far From Stratford Hills to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stratford Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Arlington, which is the Seat of Arlington County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Stratford Hills to Richmond, with an average speed<5>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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is just to the east (E).
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,901 miles [9,496.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,607 miles [10,632.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,484 miles [7,216.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stratford Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Arlington County: www.co.arlington.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stratford Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stratford Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9087, Longitude: -77.1405       In this case, the coordinates for Stratford Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Stratford Hills 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.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Stratford Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.95 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.509 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.753 degrees.




 

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