Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Avenue, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Avenue and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Avenue
- 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 Avenue:
- 38.256240, -76.767745
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Avenue
- 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 Saint Mary's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Mary's County
- Since Avenue is near Charles County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Charles County
- eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Avenue ...
We found two communities that share the name Avenue.
Within Maryland, the name Avenue is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Franklin County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Franklin County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Avenue.
- Trumbull 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 Avenue [Trumbull County].
- Ohio
Curious and Interesting Names Near Avenue ...
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.
- Bull Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Holly Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
- Holly Oaks is located in Saint Mary's County
- Hurry
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurry
- Hurry is located in Saint Mary's County
- Longview Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longview Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Beach
- Longview Beach is located in Saint Mary's County
- Milestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Saint Mary's County
- Pawpaw Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pawpaw Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawpaw Hollow
- Pawpaw Hollow is located in Saint Mary's County
- Rock Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
- Rock Point is located in Charles County
- Sandyland Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandyland Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyland Beach
- Sandyland Beach is located in Saint Mary's County
- Society Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Society Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
- Society Hill is located in Saint Mary's County
- Woodland Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Point
- Woodland Point is located in Charles County
- Yellow Bank
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow Bank have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bank
- Yellow Bank is located in Saint Mary's County
How Far From Avenue to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Avenue to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Avenue and extending to:
- Leonardtown, which is the Seat of Saint Mary's County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<4> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Avenue to Annapolis, with an average speed<5> 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 over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 46 miles [74 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,913 miles [9,516.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,615 miles [10,645.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,493 miles [7,230.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Avenue. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Saint Mary's County: www.co.saint-marys.md.us/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Avenue, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 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 Avenue 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Avenue) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Avenue. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2562, Longitude: -76.7677 In this case, the coordinates for Avenue have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Avenue to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.771 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.206 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.848 degrees. |