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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 Billingsley Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Billingsley Park 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 Billingsley Park:
- 38.600119, -76.987196
- 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 Billingsley Park
- 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 Charles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles County
- Since Billingsley Park is near Prince George's County and also Fairfax County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax 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 Billingsley Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Billingsley Park ...
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.
- Beantown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Beantown is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beantown
- Berry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berry is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry
- Bolton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bolton is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Camelot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Camelot is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Constitution Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Constitution Hills is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constitution Hills
- Countryside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Countryside is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Deerwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Deerwood is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Forest Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Grove is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Freedom Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Freedom Village is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Village
- Hunters Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hunters Ridge is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
- Lyons Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lyons Corner is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Corner
- Pheasant Farm
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pheasant Farm is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Farm
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pomfret
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rosewick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rosewick is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewick
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Turkey Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Turkey Hill is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Hill
- Willow Gate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Willow Gate is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Gate
How Far From Billingsley Park 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 Billingsley Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Billingsley Park and extending to:
- La Plata, which is the Seat of Charles County, lies just to the South.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Billingsley Park to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 20 miles [32.2 km] to the north (N). 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 5,908 miles [9,508 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,489 miles [7,224.3 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- Billingsley Park) 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 Billingsley Park 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 Billingsley Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6001, Longitude: -76.9872 In this case, the coordinates for Billingsley Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.879 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.381 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.808 degrees. |
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