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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bald Eagle
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Calvert County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Bald Eagle ...
We found six communities that share the name Bald Eagle.
Within Maryland, the name Bald Eagle is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another six communities that are located throughout 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.
- Kansas
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) - Camelback
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Cedarville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Cedarville is located in Prince George's County
- Cedarwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Fox Den
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Foxchase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Green Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
- Green Spring is located in Charles County
- Halls Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Hills
- Halls Hills is located in Calvert County
- Holland Glenn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland Glenn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Glenn
- Holland Glenn is located in Calvert County
- Horsehead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Kings Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
- Kings Landing is located in Calvert County
- Land Tree
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (11 more) ...
- Lord Calvert Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lord Calvert Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lord Calvert Hills
- Lord Calvert Hills is located in Calvert County
- Malcolm
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Meadow Run Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Run Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Run Park
- Meadow Run Park is located in Calvert County
- Mill Seat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Poplar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Poplar Hill is located in Prince George's County
- Shady Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hill
- Shady Hill is located in Calvert County
- Sleepy Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sleepy Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Calvert County
- Smoky
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Stone Farm
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Farm
- Stone Farm is located in Calvert County
- Sunrise Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Hills
- Sunrise Hills is located in Prince George's County
- Woodlawn Farms
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Farms
- Woodlawn Farms is located in Calvert County
- Lord Calvert Hills
How Far From Bald Eagle 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 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<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,474 miles [7,200.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bald Eagle. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Prince George's County: www.co.pg.md.us/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/
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 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 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bald Eagle) to Point B.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). |
| <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> | 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 Bald Eagle to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.719 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.211 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.668 degrees. |