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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 Dillons Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dillons Run 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 Dillons Run:
- 39.236214, -78.513620
- 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 Dillons Run
- 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 Hampshire County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hampshire County
- Since Dillons Run is near Frederick County and also Hardy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardy 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 Dillons Run
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dillons Run ...
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 ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bloom is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
- Bubbling Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bubbling Spring is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bubbling Spring
- Cold Stream
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Stream is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Stream
- Frenchburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchburg is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchburg
- Gore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- High View
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hooks Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hooks Mills is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Mills
- Hunters Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hunters Valley is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Valley
- Mountain Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Shanks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shanks is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanks
- Timber Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Ridge is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Wildwood Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood Hills is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Hills
- Yellow Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
How Far From Dillons Run 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 Dillons Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Dillons Run once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dillons Run and extending to:
- Romney, which is the Seat of Hampshire County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dillons Run to Romney, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 178 miles [286.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 82 miles [132 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,945 miles [9,567.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,655 miles [10,710.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,531 miles [7,291.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Dillons Run, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dillons Run) 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 Dillons Run 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 Dillons Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2362, Longitude: -78.5136 In this case, the coordinates for Dillons Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.748 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.466 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.214 degrees. |
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