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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 Annapolis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Annapolis 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 Annapolis:
    • 38.719422, -123.367605
    • 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 Annapolis
  • 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 Sonoma County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sonoma County
    • Since Annapolis is near Mendocino County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mendocino County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Annapolis

Communities Also Named Annapolis ...

We found seven communities that are also named Annapolis.

Within California, the name Annapolis is unique.

Beyond California, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Crawford County
      • This Annapolis is located in Crawford County and lies 1,897 miles [3,052.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Annapolis that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Annapolis.
    • Indiana
      • Parke County
      • This Annapolis is located in Parke County and lies 1,918 miles [3,086.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Annapolis that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parke County community of Annapolis.
    • Kansas
      • Butler County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Annapolis [Butler County].
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Annapolis is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 2,491 miles [4,008.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Annapolis that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Annapolis.
    • Missouri
      • Iron County
      • This Annapolis is located in Iron County and lies 1,769 miles [2,846.9 km]<1> to the east of the Annapolis that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Annapolis.
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • This Annapolis is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,243 miles [3,609.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Annapolis that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Annapolis.
    • Washington
      • Kitsap County
      • This Annapolis is located in Kitsap County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the north of the Annapolis that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kitsap County community of Annapolis.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Annapolis ...

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.

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Annapolis and extending to:

  • Santa Rosa, which is the Seat of Sonoma County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Annapolis to Santa Rosa, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,465 miles [3,967 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 97 days and walking would take 140 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,370 miles [11,860.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,136 miles [13,093.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Annapolis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Annapolis 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Annapolis 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 Annapolis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7194, Longitude: -123.3676    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.103 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.28 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.755 degrees.