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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 Bay Ridge Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bay Ridge Junction 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 Bay Ridge Junction:
    • 38.978723, -76.504406
    • 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 Bay Ridge Junction
  • 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 Bay Ridge Junction is near Queen Anne's County and also Prince George's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's 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 Bay Ridge Junction

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bay Ridge Junction ...

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.

  • Anchorage
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Anchorage is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
  • Captains Choice
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Captains Choice is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Choice
  • Captains Walk
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Captains Walk is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Walk
  • Cedarwood Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedarwood Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood Cove
  • Dreams Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Dreams Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreams Landing
  • Edgewater
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Ferry Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Ferry Farms is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Farms
  • Forest Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Meadows is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
  • Gingerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Gingerville is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gingerville
  • Great Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Great Meadows is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Meadows
  • Harness Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Harness Woods is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harness Woods
  • Heritage
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Heritage is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage
  • Continue List   (23 more) ...
    • Hickory Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Hickory Hills is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
    • Hidden Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Hidden Hills is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
    • Homewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Homewood is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
    • Hunt Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Hunt Meadows is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Meadows
    • Indian Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Indian Hills is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
    • Keys Farm
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Keys Farm is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys Farm
    • Knightsbridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Knightsbridge is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsbridge
    • Lands End
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lands End is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lands End
    • Lincoln Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Lincoln Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
    • Mariners Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Mariners Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Cove
    • Mariners Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Mariners Point is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Point
    • Market Quay
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Market Quay is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Market Quay
    • Martins Cove Farm
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Martins Cove Farm is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Cove Farm
    • Oak Court
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Oak Court is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Court
    • Painters Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Painters Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painters Hill
    • Parole
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Parole is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parole
    • Poplar Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Poplar Point is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Point
    • Providence ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Providence is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Providence Cove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Providence Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Cove
    • Round View
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Round View is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round View
    • Threemile Oak Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Threemile Oak Corner is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threemile Oak Corner
    • Timber Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Timber Creek is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
    • Watergate Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Watergate Village is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergate Village

How Far From Bay Ridge Junction 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 Bay Ridge Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies just to the East.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies just to the east (E).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Bay Ridge Junction to White House, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,871 miles [9,448.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,575 miles [10,581.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,453 miles [7,166.4 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bay Ridge Junction) 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 Bay Ridge Junction 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 Bay Ridge Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9787, Longitude: -76.5044       In this case, the coordinates for Bay Ridge Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.571 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.089 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.459 degrees.