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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 Tall Trees Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tall Trees Estates 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 Tall Trees Estates:
- 38.689284, -77.482488
- 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 Tall Trees 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 Tall Trees Estates is near Manassas City and also Fauquier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Manassas City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fauquier 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 Tall Trees Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tall Trees 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.
- Bloom Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bloom Hill is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom Hill
- Camelot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Camelot is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Clover Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clover Hill is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Foxridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Foxridge is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxridge
- Heritage Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Heritage Woods is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
- Hunters Square
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hunters Square is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Square
- Locust Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Locust Hill is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Longview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Longview is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Meadowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowbrook is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Raintree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Raintree is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
- Windy Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Windy Hill is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill
- Woodlawn Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn Meadows is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Meadows
How Far From Tall Trees 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 Tall Trees Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tall Trees Estates and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Tall Trees Estates 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 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 27 miles [43.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,925 miles [9,535.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,630 miles [10,670 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,507 miles [7,253.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Tall Trees Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Tall Trees 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 Tall Trees Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6893, Longitude: -77.4825 In this case, the coordinates for Tall Trees Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.165 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.72 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.981 degrees. |
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