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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).

When in Warwick Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Warwick Village 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 Warwick Village:
    • 38.834280, -77.064422
    • 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 Warwick Village
  • 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 Warwick Village

Communities Also Named Warwick Village ...

We found one communities that are also named Warwick Village.

Within Virginia, the name Warwick Village is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Warwick Village in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Pima 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 Arizona community of Warwick Village [Pima County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Warwick Village ...

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.

  • Brad Lee
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Brad Lee is located in Alexandria City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brad Lee
  • Cannon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cannon is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
  • Chapel Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Alexandria City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Clover
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Clover is located in Alexandria City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
  • College Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • College Park is located in Alexandria City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Delta
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Delta is located in Alexandria City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Duke Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Duke Gardens is located in Alexandria City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke Gardens
  • Fair Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Fair Haven is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
  • Glen Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Glen Forest is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Forest
  • Governors Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Governors Grove is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Governors Grove
  • Green Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Green Valley is located in Arlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Lyon Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lyon Park is located in Arlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Park
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Piney Court
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Piney Court is located in Alexandria City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Court
    • Ridgeview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ridgeview is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
    • Seminary Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Seminary Valley is located in Alexandria City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminary Valley
    • Spring Bank
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Spring Bank is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bank
    • Varsity Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Varsity Park is located in Alexandria City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varsity Park
    • Virginia Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Virginia Heights is located in Arlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Heights
    • Virginia Highlands
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Virginia Highlands is located in Arlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Highlands

How Far From Warwick Village 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 Warwick Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Warwick Village and extending to:

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Warwick Village 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 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 just to the north northeast (NNE).
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,901 miles [9,496.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,606 miles [10,631.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,483 miles [7,214.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Warwick Village 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 . 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>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- Warwick Village) 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 Warwick Village 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 Warwick Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8343, Longitude: -77.0644       In this case, the coordinates for Warwick Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.91 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.452 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.75 degrees.