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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 Armiger, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Armiger 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 Armiger:
- 39.125109, -76.534685
- 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 Armiger
- 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 Armiger is near Baltimore County and also Baltimore City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
- 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 Armiger
Curious and Interesting Names Near Armiger ...
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.
- Beauty Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Beauty Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty Beach
- Clear Water Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clear Water Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Water Beach
- Clearview Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Clearview Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview Village
- Cottage Grove Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage Grove Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove Beach
- Creek View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Creek View is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Elizabeths Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elizabeths Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeths Landing
- Fairhaven Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairhaven Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven Beach
- Fairoaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fairoaks is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks
- Freetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Freetown is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Freetown Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Freetown Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Village
- Frost
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Frost is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Green Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Green Haven is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Continue List (31 more) ...
- Greenland Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenland Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Beach
- High Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- High Point is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Hillside Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hillside Park is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Park
- Indian Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Indian Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Jacobsville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jacobsville is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsville
- Jennings
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jennings is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Lake Shore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Shore is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Long Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Long Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hill
- Oak Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oak Hollow is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hollow
- Oak Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Landing
- Pack Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pack Town is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pack Town
- Pine Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pine Crest is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Riding Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Riding Woods is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riding Woods
- Rock Creek Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rock Creek Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Landing
- Rock Creek Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek Park is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Park
- Rock Hill Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rock Hill Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Beach
- Rockhill Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rockhill Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill Beach
- Rockview Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rockview Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview Beach
- Royal Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Royal Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Beach
- Sanders Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sanders Park is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Park
- Sandy Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sandy Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Oaks
- School Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- School Gardens is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for School Gardens
- Silver Sands
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Silver Sands is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Sands
- Stonehaven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stonehaven is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehaven
- Stoney View
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stoney View is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney View
- Sun Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sun Valley is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Sunset Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sunset Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- Sunset Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunset Knoll is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Knoll
- Timber Glade
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Glade is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Glade
- View Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- View Point is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Point
- Willowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Willowbrook is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
How Far From Armiger 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 Armiger to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Armiger and extending to:
- Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Armiger to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 31 miles [49.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,866 miles [9,440.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,571 miles [10,575 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,448 miles [7,158.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Armiger) 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 Armiger 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 Armiger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1251, Longitude: -76.5347 In this case, the coordinates for Armiger have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.578 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.12 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.414 degrees. |
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