Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Stumptown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stumptown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Stumptown
- 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 Stumptown:
- 39.208437, -77.551378
- 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 Stumptown
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Loudoun County
- Since Stumptown is near Frederick County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Stumptown ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Stumptown.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Stumptown.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Indiana
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This Stumptown is located in Carroll County and lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stumptown that is located in Loudoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Stumptown.
- Talbot County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Stumptown [Talbot County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Clearfield County
- This Stumptown is located in Clearfield County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Stumptown that is located in Loudoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Stumptown.
- Lancaster County
- This Stumptown is located in Lancaster County and lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the northeast of the Stumptown that is located in Loudoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Stumptown.
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stumptown ...
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.
- Elmer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Furnace Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Furnace Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Ford
- Furnace Ford is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Furnace Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Furnace Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Mountain
- Furnace Mountain is located in Loudoun County
- Goresville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goresville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goresville
- Goresville is located in Loudoun County
- Loyalty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Martinsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Martinsburg is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Milltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Pleasant View
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Pleasant View is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Potomac Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potomac Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac Crossing
- Potomac Crossing is located in Loudoun County
- Rock Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Scattersville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scattersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattersville
- Scattersville is located in Loudoun County
- Shoemaker
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Wheatland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Stumptown 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 Stumptown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stumptown and extending to:
- Leesburg, which is the Seat of Loudoun County, lies just to the South.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Stumptown to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 34 miles [54.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,906 miles [9,504.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,614 miles [10,644.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,490 miles [7,226 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stumptown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Loudoun County: www.co.loudoun.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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stumptown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stumptown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2084, Longitude: -77.5514 In this case, the coordinates for Stumptown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stumptown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Stumptown 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Stumptown 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 308.175 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.811 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.813 degrees. |