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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 Broadmeade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Broadmeade 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 Broadmeade:
- 39.470939, -76.696362
- 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 Broadmeade
- 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 Baltimore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
- Since Broadmeade is near Baltimore City and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Broadmeade
Curious and Interesting Names Near Broadmeade ...
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.
- Autumn Wind
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Autumn Wind is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autumn Wind
- Big Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Big Spring is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Caves Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caves Park is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caves Park
- Chapel Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Ridge is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Ridge
- Chestnut Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Cockeysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fallswood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fallswood is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallswood
- Gentsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gentsville is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentsville
- Greenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Hickory Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hickory Meadow is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Meadow
- Hillside Hunt
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hillside Hunt is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Hunt
- Hunt Cup Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hunt Cup Hill is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Cup Hill
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Ivy Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ivy Hill is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Hill
- Jonathans Delight
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jonathans Delight is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonathans Delight
- Marble Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marble Hill is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hill
- Oregon
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oregon is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Texas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Texas is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Valley Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Brook is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Brook
- Waterspout
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Waterspout is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterspout
How Far From Broadmeade 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 Broadmeade to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Broadmeade and extending to:
- Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Broadmeade to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 43 miles [69.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 about three full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,859 miles [9,429.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,565 miles [10,565.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,442 miles [7,148.7 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- Broadmeade) 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 Broadmeade 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 Broadmeade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4709, Longitude: -76.6964 In this case, the coordinates for Broadmeade have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.649 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.255 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.346 degrees. |
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