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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 Wrights Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wrights Fork 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 Wrights Fork:
- 37.954581, -77.310812
- 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 Wrights Fork
- 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 Caroline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
- Since Wrights Fork is near King and Queen County and also King William County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for King and Queen County
- Open the eBird sighting report for King William 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 Wrights Fork
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wrights Fork ...
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.
- Bagdad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bagdad is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Beverly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beverly is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Bowling Green
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Butlers Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Butlers Fork is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Fork
- Edgar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Edgar is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Hard Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hard Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Corner
- Kidds Fork
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kidds Fork is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidds Fork
- Lauraville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lauraville is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauraville
- Oak Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Corner
- Poorhouse Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Poorhouse Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poorhouse Corner
- Poplar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Reedy Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Reedy Mill is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Mill
- Signboard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Signboard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signboard
- Swans Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Swans Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swans Corner
How Far From Wrights Fork 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 Wrights Fork to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wrights Fork and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Caroline County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Wrights Fork to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 66 miles [106.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,949 miles [9,574 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,651 miles [10,703.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,529 miles [7,288.7 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 '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- Wrights Fork) 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 Wrights Fork 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 Wrights Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9546, Longitude: -77.3108 In this case, the coordinates for Wrights Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.105 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.539 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.184 degrees. |
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