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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 Vienna Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vienna Woods and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Vienna Woods:
    • 38.887889, -77.247482
    • 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 Vienna Woods
  • 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 Fairfax County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
    • Since Vienna Woods is near Fairfax City and also Falls Church City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Falls Church 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 Vienna Woods

Communities Also Named Vienna Woods ...

We found one communities that are also named Vienna Woods.

Within Virginia, the name Vienna Woods is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Vienna Woods in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Vienna Woods [Cook County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vienna Woods ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Camelot is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Chestnut Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Cinnamon Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cinnamon Creek is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Creek
  • Doveville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Doveville is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doveville
  • Enola
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Enola is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
  • Fair Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fair Oaks is located in Fairfax City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
  • Falls Church
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Falls Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Falls Hill is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Hill
  • Four Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Four Corners is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Foxhall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Foxhall is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
  • Franklin
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Franklin is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Green Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Acres is located in Fairfax City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Greenway Downs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Greenway Downs is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Downs
    • Greenway Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Greenway Hills is located in Fairfax City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Hills
    • Holly Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Holly Park is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Park
    • Howard
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Howard is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
    • Hunts Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Hunts Village is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Village
    • Joyce Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Joyce Heights is located in Fairfax City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce Heights
    • Kent Gardens
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Kent Gardens is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Gardens
    • Lee Forest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Lee Forest is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Forest
    • Lee Meadows
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Lee Meadows is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Meadows
    • Little River Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Little River Hills is located in Fairfax City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River Hills
    • Maple Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Maple Hills is located in Fairfax City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hills
    • Pine Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Pine Ridge is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
    • Pine Spring
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine Spring is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Spring
    • Pleasant Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Ridge is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
    • Poplar Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Poplar Heights is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Heights
    • Sleepy Hollow
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Sleepy Hollow is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
    • Sun Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sun Valley is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
    • Valley Brook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Valley Brook is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Brook
    • Virginia Forest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Virginia Forest is located in Falls Church City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Forest
    • Willow Woods
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Willow Woods is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Woods
    • Wolf Trap
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Wolf Trap is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Trap

How Far From Vienna Woods 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 Vienna Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Vienna Woods and extending to:

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Vienna Woods to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 White House (Washington, DC) is 11 miles [17.7 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,907 miles [9,506.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,489 miles [7,224.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Vienna Woods 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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vienna Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Vienna Woods 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 Vienna Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8879, Longitude: -77.2475       In this case, the coordinates for Vienna Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.014 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.579 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.806 degrees.