Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Whitaker, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitaker and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Whitaker
- 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 Whitaker:
- 38.304300, -77.363400
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Whitaker
- 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 Stafford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Stafford County
- Since Whitaker is near King George County and also Spotsylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for King George County
- eBird sighting report for Spotsylvania 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Whitaker ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Whitaker.
Within Virginia, the name Whitaker is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Floyd County
- This Whitaker is located in Floyd County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<2> to the west of the Whitaker that is located in Stafford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Whitaker.
- Letcher County
- This Whitaker is located in Letcher County and lies 302 miles [486 km] to the west southwest of the Whitaker that is located in Stafford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Letcher County community of Whitaker.
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Utah
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitaker ...
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.
- Butzner Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butzner Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butzner Corner
- Butzner Corner is located in Stafford County
- Chapel Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Heights
- Chapel Heights is located in Stafford County
- Deer Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Forest
- Deer Forest is located in Stafford County
- Ferry Road
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferry Road have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Road
- Ferry Road is located in Stafford County
- Fines Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fines Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fines Corner
- Fines Corner is located in Stafford County
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Hollyridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollyridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollyridge
- Hollyridge is located in Stafford County
- Little Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
- Little Creek is located in Stafford County
- Little Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Little Falls is located in Stafford County
- Little Falls Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Falls Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls Village
- Little Falls Village is located in Stafford County
- Marshall Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Woods
- Marshall Woods is located in Stafford County
- Part Little Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Part Little Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Part Little Falls
- Part Little Falls is located in Stafford County
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- River Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- River Bend is located in Stafford County
- Sandy Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Sandy Ridge is located in Stafford County
- Stones Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stones Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Corner
- Stones Corner is located in Stafford County
- Sycamore Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sycamore Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Ridge
- Sycamore Ridge is located in Stafford County
- Wildcat Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildcat Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat Corner
- Wildcat Corner is located in Stafford County
- Will-More
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Woodlanding Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlanding Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlanding Village
- Woodlanding Village is located in Stafford County
- River Bend
How Far From Whitaker 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 Whitaker to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitaker and extending to:
- Stafford, which is the Seat of Stafford County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Whitaker to Richmond, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 44 miles [70.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,937 miles [9,554.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,640 miles [10,686 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,517 miles [7,269.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whitaker. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Stafford County: www.co.stafford.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Whitaker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Whitaker) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whitaker. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3043, Longitude: -77.3634 In this case, the coordinates for Whitaker have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Whitaker 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Whitaker to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.117 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.606 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.076 degrees. |