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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 Avila, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Avila 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 Avila:
- 38.908446, -76.614130
- 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 Avila
- 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 Avila is near Prince George's County and also Calvert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert 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 Avila
Communities Also Named Avila ...
We found one communities that are also named Avila.
Within Maryland, the name Avila is unique.
Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Avila in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Luis Obispo County
- 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 California community of Avila [San Luis Obispo County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Avila ...
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.
- Birdsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Birdsville is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
- Bon Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bon Haven is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Haven
- Chapel Knoll
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Knoll is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Knoll
- Chestnut Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Hills is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
- Donovans Pier
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Donovans Pier is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donovans Pier
- Eagles Passages
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Eagles Passages is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Passages
- Edgewater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewater Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Friends Choice
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Friends Choice is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Choice
- Ginger Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ginger Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Cove
- Gravely
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gravely is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravely
- Harbor Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Heritage Harbour
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Heritage Harbour is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Harbour
- Hidden Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hidden Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Cove
- Holly Hill Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holly Hill Harbor is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill Harbor
- Hunt Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hunt Chapel is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Chapel
- Kings Retreat
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kings Retreat is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Retreat
- Londontowne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Londontowne is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londontowne
- Merrywood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Merrywood is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywood
- Mill Swamp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Swamp is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Swamp
- Oakbluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakbluff is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakbluff
- Pine Whiff Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Whiff Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Whiff Beach
- Poplar Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Point is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Point
- Riverwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Riverwood is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
- Royale Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Royale Glen is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royale Glen
- Rutland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rutland is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
How Far From Avila 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 Avila to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Avila and extending to:
- Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies just to the northeast (NE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Avila to White House, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,879 miles [9,461.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,460 miles [7,177.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Avila 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 '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- Avila) 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 Avila 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 Avila. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9084, Longitude: -76.6141 In this case, the coordinates for Avila have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.64 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.157 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.533 degrees. |
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