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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 Ashby Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ashby Place 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 Ashby Place:
    • 39.425386, -76.314125
    • 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 Ashby Place
  • 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 Harford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
    • Since Ashby Place is near Baltimore County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore 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 Ashby Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ashby Place ...

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.

  • Clearview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Clearview is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Constant Friendship
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Constant Friendship is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constant Friendship
  • Edgewater Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Edgewater Village is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Village
  • Green Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Acres is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Green Springs Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Springs Hills is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs Hills
  • Gunpowder
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Gunpowder is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunpowder
  • Harbour Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Harbour Oaks is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Oaks
  • Joppa
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Joppa Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Joppa Landing is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Landing
  • Long Bar Harbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Bar Harbor is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bar Harbor
  • Magnolia
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Magnolia is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Oliver Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Oliver Beach is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver Beach
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rivershore
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Rivershore is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivershore
    • Royal Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Royal Heights is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Heights
    • Singer
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Singer is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singer
    • Singer Woods
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Singer Woods is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singer Woods
    • Trimble Fields
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Trimble Fields is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble Fields
    • Woodland Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Woodland Run is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Run

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ashby Place and extending to:

  • Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Ashby Place to Annapolis, 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 53 miles [85.3 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 over two 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 5,845 miles [9,406.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,550 miles [10,541.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,427 miles [7,124.6 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ashby Place) 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 Ashby Place 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 Ashby Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4254, Longitude: -76.3141       In this case, the coordinates for Ashby Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.426 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.995 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.201 degrees.