Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Brick House Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brick House Landing and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Brick House Landing

• 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 Brick House Landing:
  • 38.428453, -75.957992
  • 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 Brick House Landing

• 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 Dorchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
  • Since Brick House Landing is near Wicomico County and also Talbot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot 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 Brick House Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brick House Landing ...

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.

• Bucktown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bucktown is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
• Butlers Beach
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Butlers Beach is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Beach
• Cedar Landing
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Cedar Landing is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Landing
• Cokeland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Cokeland is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeland
• Henrys Crossroads
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Henrys Crossroads is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Crossroads
• Hollands Crossroads
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hollands Crossroads is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands Crossroads
• Indianbone
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Indianbone is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianbone
• Lewis Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lewis Landing is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Landing
• Longfield
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Longfield is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfield
• Robbins Landing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Robbins Landing is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Landing
• Rocky Hook
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocky Hook is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hook

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Brick House Landing and extending to:

• Cambridge, which is the Seat of Dorchester County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brick House Landing to Cambridge, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 47 miles [75.6 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 66 miles [106.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
• The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,571 miles [10,575 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,450 miles [7,161.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'