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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 Bald Eagle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bald Eagle 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 Bald Eagle:
- 38.676507, -76.722466
- 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 Bald Eagle
- 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 Prince George's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
- Since Bald Eagle is near Calvert County and also Charles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles 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 Bald Eagle
Communities Also Named Bald Eagle ...
We found six communities that are also named Bald Eagle.
Within Maryland, the name Bald Eagle is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Douglas 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 Kansas community of Bald Eagle [Douglas County].
- Kentucky
- Bath County
- This Bald Eagle is located in Bath County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<2> to the west of the Bald Eagle that is located in Prince George's County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bath County community of Bald Eagle.
- Michigan
- Oakland 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 Michigan community of Bald Eagle [Oakland County].
- Minnesota
- Ramsey County
- This Bald Eagle is located in Ramsey County and lies 945 miles [1,520.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Bald Eagle that is located in Prince George's County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ramsey County community of Bald Eagle.
- Pennsylvania
- Blair 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 Pennsylvania community of Bald Eagle [Blair County].
- York County
- This Bald Eagle is located in York County and lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<2> to the north of the Bald Eagle that is located in Prince George's County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Bald Eagle.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bald Eagle ...
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.
- Ashbox
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ashbox is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashbox
- Camelback
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Camelback is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelback
- Cedarville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cedarville is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Cedarwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarwood is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
- Fox Den
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Den is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Den
- Foxchase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Foxchase is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxchase
- Green Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Spring is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
- Halls Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Hills is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Hills
- Holland Glenn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Holland Glenn is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Glenn
- Horsehead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Horsehead is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsehead
- Kings Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Landing is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
- Land Tree
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Land Tree is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land Tree
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Lord Calvert Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lord Calvert Hills is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lord Calvert Hills
- Malcolm
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Malcolm is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
- Meadow Run Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meadow Run Park is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Run Park
- Mill Seat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mill Seat is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Seat
- Poplar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Poplar Hill is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Shady Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Hill is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hill
- Sleepy Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Smoky
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smoky is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky
- Stone Farm
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Farm is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Farm
- Sunrise Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunrise Hills is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Hills
- Woodlawn Farms
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn Farms is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Farms
How Far From Bald Eagle 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 Bald Eagle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bald Eagle and extending to:
- Upper Marlboro, which is the Seat of Prince George's County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Bald Eagle to Upper Marlboro, with an average speed<3> 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 24 miles [38.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,893 miles [9,483.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,597 miles [10,616.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,474 miles [7,200.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bald Eagle 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> | 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- Bald Eagle) 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 Bald Eagle 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 Bald Eagle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6765, Longitude: -76.7225 In this case, the coordinates for Bald Eagle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.719 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.211 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.668 degrees. |
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