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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 Sudley Mountain Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sudley Mountain Estates and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sudley Mountain Estates
- 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 Sudley Mountain Estates:
- 38.839280, -77.555546
- 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 Sudley Mountain Estates
- 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 Prince William County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William County
- Since Sudley Mountain Estates is near Fairfax County and also Prince George County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George 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 Sudley Mountain Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sudley Mountain Estates ...
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.
- Bull Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bull Run is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
- Cedar Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Park is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
- Country Scene
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Country Scene is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Scene
- Coverstone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coverstone is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coverstone
- Crescent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crescent is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Evergreen Farms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Farms is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Farms
- German
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- German is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German
- Haymarket
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Iron Gate
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Iron Gate is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- London Towne
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- London Towne is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Towne
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Orchard Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Bridge is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Bridge
- Rocky Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Run is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Run
- Snow Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Twin Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Oaks is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Uniontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Waterfall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Waterfall is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall
- Waterfall Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Waterfall Village is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall Village
- Yorkshire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yorkshire is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Yorkshire Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Yorkshire Park is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Park
- Yorkshire Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yorkshire Village is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Village
How Far From Sudley Mountain Estates 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 Sudley Mountain Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sudley Mountain Estates and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Sudley Mountain Estates 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 28 miles [45.1 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,922 miles [9,530.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,628 miles [10,666.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,505 miles [7,250.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sudley Mountain Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sudley Mountain Estates to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sudley Mountain Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8393, Longitude: -77.5555 In this case, the coordinates for Sudley Mountain Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.199 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.782 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.955 degrees. |
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