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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 Bayside Keys, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bayside Keys 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 Bayside Keys:
    • 38.409002, -75.067127
    • 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 Bayside Keys
  • 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 Worcester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Worcester County
    • Since Bayside Keys is near Sussex County and also Wicomico County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico 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 Bayside Keys

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bayside Keys ...

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.

  • Bunting
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bunting is located in Sussex County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunting
  • Captains Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Captains Hill is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Hill
  • Captains Knoll
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Captains Knoll is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Knoll
  • Greenwood Place
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenwood Place is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Place
  • Herring Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Herring Landing is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring Landing
  • Hidden Harbor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hidden Harbor is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Harbor
  • Holiday Harbor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Holiday Harbor is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Harbor
  • Kings Grant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Kings Grant is located in Sussex County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grant
  • Little Georgetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Georgetown is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
  • Louis Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Louis Heights is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Heights
  • Magnolia Shores
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Magnolia Shores is located in Sussex County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Shores
  • Mulberry Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mulberry Landing is located in Sussex County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Landing
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Ocean Pines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Peppers Landing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Peppers Landing is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppers Landing
    • Queens Quest
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Queens Quest is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Quest
    • Salt Grass Cove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Salt Grass Cove is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Grass Cove
    • Sea Dunes
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Sea Dunes is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Dunes
    • Seabright
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Seabright is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabright
    • Tanglewood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Tanglewood is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Teaberry Woods
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Teaberry Woods is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaberry Woods
    • Wood Duck Isle
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Wood Duck Isle is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Duck Isle

How Far From Bayside Keys 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 Bayside Keys to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Snow Hill, which is the Seat of Worcester County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bayside Keys to Snow Hill, 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 most of a day.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 111 miles [178.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,833 miles [9,387.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,531 miles [10,510.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,411 miles [7,098.8 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 '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- Bayside Keys) 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 Bayside Keys 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 Bayside Keys. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4090, Longitude: -75.0671       In this case, the coordinates for Bayside Keys have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.776 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.097 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.094 degrees.