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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 Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bay Terrace 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 Bay Terrace:
- 38.550399, -76.561901
- 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 Terrace
- 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 Calvert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
- Since Bay Terrace is near Charles County and also Prince George's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles 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 Terrace
Communities Also Named Bay Terrace ...
We found two communities that are also named Bay Terrace.
Within Maryland, the name Bay Terrace is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Queens 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 New York community of Bay Terrace [Queens County].
- Richmond County
- This Bay Terrace is located in Richmond County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Bay Terrace that is located in Calvert County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Bay Terrace.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bay Terrace ...
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.
- Biglanes Choice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Biglanes Choice is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biglanes Choice
- Cedar Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Central Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Central Village is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Village
- Chapel Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Dares ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dares is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dares
- Dares Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dares Beach is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dares Beach
- Deer Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Deer Crossing is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Crossing
- Heather Knolls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Heather Knolls is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Knolls
- Hunters Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hunters Ridge is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
- Lord Cecil Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lord Cecil Woods is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lord Cecil Woods
- Meadow Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Oaks is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Oaks
- Prince Frederick
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Queensberry
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Queensberry is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensberry
- Quiet Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quiet Meadows is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Meadows
- Ravenshead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenshead is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenshead
- Rose Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Rosewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rosewood is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Scientists Cliffs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scientists Cliffs is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scientists Cliffs
- Tanglewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tanglewood is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Turkey Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Turkey Ridge is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Ridge
How Far From Bay Terrace 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 Terrace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bay Terrace and extending to:
- Prince Frederick, which is the Seat of Calvert County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Bay Terrace to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 35 miles [56.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,892 miles [9,482.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,594 miles [10,612 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,472 miles [7,197 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 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 Bay Terrace 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 '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 Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Bay Terrace 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 Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5504, Longitude: -76.5619 In this case, the coordinates for Bay Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.633 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.094 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.65 degrees. |
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