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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 Andora, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Andora 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 Andora:
- 39.684966, -75.861116
- 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 Andora
- 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 Cecil County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
- Since Andora is near Chester County and also New Castle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle 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 Andora
Communities Also Named Andora ...
We found one communities that are also named Andora.
Within Maryland, the name Andora is unique.
Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Andora in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Red River Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Andora [Red River Parish].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Andora ...
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.
- Bank ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bank is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank
- Boomdecker
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Boomdecker is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boomdecker
- Boot Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Boot Hill is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boot Hill
- Cedar Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cherry Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cherry Wood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cherry Wood is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Wood
- Childs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Childs is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
- Elk Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Everbreeze
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Everbreeze is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everbreeze
- Foxcatcher at Fair Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Highpoint
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Highpoint is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
- Lewisville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lewisville is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Providence
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
How Far From Andora to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Andora to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Andora and extending to:
- Elkton, which is the Seat of Cecil County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 59 miles [95 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Andora to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 83 miles [133.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 5,814 miles [9,356.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,520 miles [10,492.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,397 miles [7,076.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Andora 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Andora) 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 Andora 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 Andora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6850, Longitude: -75.8611 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.138 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.708 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.903 degrees. |
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