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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 Anneslie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Anneslie 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 Anneslie:
    • 39.375940, -76.604412
    • 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 Anneslie
  • 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 Baltimore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Since Anneslie is near Baltimore City and also Anne Arundel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel 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 Anneslie

Curious and Interesting Names Near Anneslie ...

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.

  • Bare Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Bare Hills is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bare Hills
  • Chestnut Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Donnybrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Donnybrook is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnybrook
  • Evergreen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Evergreen is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Fellowship Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Fellowship Forest is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship Forest
  • Four Winds
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Four Winds is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Winds
  • Gallagher Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Gallagher Park is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher Park
  • Hillendale
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hillendale is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale
  • Hillendale Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hillendale Farms is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale Farms
  • Hillendale Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hillendale Park is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale Park
  • Homeland
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Homeland is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
  • Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Martins Choice
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Martins Choice is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Choice
    • Ramblewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Ramblewood is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
    • Riderwood Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Riderwood Hills is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riderwood Hills
    • Rodgers Forge
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Rodgers Forge is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers Forge

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Anneslie and extending to:

  • Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies just to the North.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Anneslie to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 40 miles [64.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,859 miles [9,429.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,565 miles [10,565.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,442 miles [7,148.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Anneslie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Anneslie 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 Anneslie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3759, Longitude: -76.6044       In this case, the coordinates for Anneslie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.602 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.186 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.344 degrees.