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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 Amberly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amberly 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 Amberly:
    • 39.016778, -76.441349
    • 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 Amberly
  • 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 Anne Arundel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
    • Since Amberly is near Queen Anne's County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Amberly

Communities Also Named Amberly ...

We found three communities that are also named Amberly.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Amberly.

Beyond Maryland, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Carroll County
      • This Amberly is located in Carroll County and lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Amberly that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Amberly.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Franklin 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 Ohio community of Amberly [Franklin County].
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham 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 Virginia community of Amberly [Rockingham County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Amberly ...

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.

  • Admirals Walk
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Admirals Walk is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admirals Walk
  • Captains Choice
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Captains Choice is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Choice
  • Cedarwood Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cedarwood Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood Cove
  • Deer Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Deer Creek is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
  • Ferry Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Ferry Farms is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Farms
  • Forest Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Forest Meadows is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
  • Great Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Great Meadows is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Meadows
  • Greenholly
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenholly is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenholly
  • Hidden Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hidden Point is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Point
  • Indian Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Indian Hills is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Martins Cove Farm
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Martins Cove Farm is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Cove Farm
  • Pleasant Plains
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Pleasant Plains is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Podickery Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Podickery Point is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podickery Point
    • Providence ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Providence is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Providence Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Providence Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Cove
    • Round View
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Round View is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round View
    • Skidmore
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Skidmore is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore
    • Tanglewood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Tanglewood is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Walnut Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Walnut Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
    • Whispering Woods
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Whispering Woods is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Woods
    • Woods Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Woods Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Landing

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

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

  • Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies just to the southwest (SW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Amberly to White House, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,867 miles [9,442 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,571 miles [10,575 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,448 miles [7,158.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Amberly) 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 Amberly 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 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 Amberly 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 Amberly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0168, Longitude: -76.4413       In this case, the coordinates for Amberly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.531 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.05 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.418 degrees.