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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 Brice, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brice 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 Brice:
    • 38.558731, -76.943028
    • 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 Brice
  • 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 Brice is near Prince George's County and also Saint Mary's 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 Saint Mary'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 Brice

Communities Also Named Brice ...

We found ten communities that are also named Brice.

Within Maryland, the name Brice is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Etowah County
      • This Brice is located in Etowah County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brice that is located in Charles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Brice.
    • Arkansas
      • Crittenden County
      • This Brice is located in Crittenden County and lies 774 miles [1,245.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brice that is located in Charles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crittenden County community of Brice.
    • Georgia
      • Floyd County
      • This Brice is located in Floyd County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brice that is located in Charles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Brice.
    • Indiana
      • Jay County
      • This Brice is located in Jay County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brice that is located in Charles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jay County community of Brice.
    • Louisiana
      • Bienville Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Brice [Bienville Parish].
    • Michigan
      • Gratiot County
      • This Brice is located in Gratiot County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Brice that is located in Charles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gratiot County community of Brice.
    • New Mexico
      • Otero County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Otero County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Brice.
    • North Carolina
      • Rutherford County
      • This Brice is located in Rutherford County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brice that is located in Charles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Brice.
    • Ohio
      • Franklin County
      • This Brice is located in Franklin County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brice that is located in Charles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Brice.
    • Texas
      • Hall County
      • This Brice is located in Hall County and lies 1,349 miles [2,171 km]<1> to the west of the Brice that is located in Charles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Brice.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brice ...

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.

  • Bannister
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bannister is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannister
  • Beantown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Beantown is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beantown
  • Clarks Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Clarks Run is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Run
  • Ellenwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Ellenwood is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenwood
  • Forest Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Forest Grove is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
  • Hickory Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hickory Ridge is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
  • Hunters Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hunters Ridge is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
  • Kent Square
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Kent Square is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Square
  • Kings Grant
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Kings Grant is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grant
  • Lyons Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lyons Corner is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Corner
  • Mariellen Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Mariellen Park is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariellen Park
  • Pheasant Farm
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pheasant Farm is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Farm
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Quailwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Quailwood is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quailwood
    • Rosewick
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Rosewick is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewick
    • Spring Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Valley is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Turkey Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Turkey Hill is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Hill
    • Willow Gate
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Willow Gate is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Gate

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brice and extending to:

  • La Plata, which is the Seat of Charles County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Brice to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> 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 23 miles [37 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,611 miles [10,639.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,489 miles [7,224.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Brice) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Brice 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Brice, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Brice 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 Brice. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5587, Longitude: -76.9430       In this case, the coordinates for Brice have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.855 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.348 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.805 degrees.