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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 Airedele, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Airedele 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 Airedele:
- 38.118459, -76.348003
- 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 Airedele
- 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 Saint Mary's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary's County
- Since Airedele is near Northumberland County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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 Airedele
Curious and Interesting Names Near Airedele ...
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.
- Ancient Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ancient Oaks is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks
- Dutchmans Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchmans Cove is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchmans Cove
- Elms Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Elms Beach is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elms Beach
- Gum Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gum Landing is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Landing
- Hays Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hays Beach is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Beach
- Park Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Park Pines is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Pines
- Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rodo Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rodo Beach is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodo Beach
- Scotland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Scotland Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Scotland Beach is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland Beach
- Upper Jutland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Upper Jutland is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Jutland
How Far From Airedele 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 Airedele to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Airedele and extending to:
- Leonardtown, which is the Seat of Saint Mary's County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Airedele to Leonardtown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 59 miles [95 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 65 miles [104.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- 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 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,479 miles [7,208.3 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- Airedele) 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 Airedele 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 Airedele. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1185, Longitude: -76.3480 In this case, the coordinates for Airedele have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.536 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.917 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.729 degrees. |
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