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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 Sweet Briar Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sweet Briar Park and the surrounding area.
- 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 Sweet Briar Park:
- 37.620423, -77.531653
- 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 Sweet Briar Park
- 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 Henrico County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henrico County
- Since Sweet Briar Park is near Richmond County and also Richmond City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond City
- 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 Sweet Briar Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sweet Briar Park ...
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.
- Cherokee Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Cloverland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cloverland is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- English Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- English Hills is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Hills
- Erin Shades
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Erin Shades is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Shades
- French Hay
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- French Hay is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Hay
- Glen Allen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Richmond City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Holiday Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Hills is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Laurel Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Park is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Longdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Longdale is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longdale
- Lorraine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lorraine is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mooreland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mooreland is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreland
- Quail Walk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quail Walk is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Walk
- Randolph Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph Ridge is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Ridge
- Shady Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Short Pump
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Willow Oaks is located in Richmond City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Oaks
- Yellow Tavern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Yellow Tavern is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Tavern
- Ziontown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ziontown is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ziontown
How Far From Sweet Briar Park 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 Sweet Briar Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sweet Briar Park and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies just to the southeast (SE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Sweet Briar Park to White House, 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,973 miles [9,612.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,674 miles [10,740.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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>'
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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sweet Briar Park) 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 Sweet Briar Park 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 Sweet Briar Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6204, Longitude: -77.5317 In this case, the coordinates for Sweet Briar Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.25 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.654 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.397 degrees. |
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