Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Stricklers Ferry:
  • 38.714839, -78.471953
  • 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 Stricklers Ferry

• 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 Stricklers Ferry is near Shenandoah County and also Rappahannock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shenandoah County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rappahannock 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 Stricklers Ferry

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stricklers Ferry ...

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
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Big Spring is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
• Cavetown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Cavetown is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
• Kings Crossing
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Kings Crossing is located in Shenandoah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
• Leaksville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Leaksville is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
• Spring View
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Spring View is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring View
• Stony Man
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Stony Man is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Man
• Whitehouse Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Whitehouse Landing is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Landing
• Woodland Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Woodland Park is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

How Far From Stricklers Ferry 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 Stricklers Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Stricklers Ferry and extending to:

• Luray, which is the Seat of Page County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Stricklers Ferry to Richmond, with an average speed<2>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 78 miles [125.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,966 miles [9,601.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,674 miles [10,740.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,550 miles [7,322.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'