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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 Bureau, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bureau 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 Bureau:
    • 38.815947, -75.855213
    • 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 Bureau
  • 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 Caroline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
    • Since Bureau is near Talbot County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Bureau

Communities Also Named Bureau ...

We found one communities that are also named Bureau.

Within Maryland, the name Bureau is unique.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Bureau in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Logan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bureau [Logan County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bureau ...

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.

  • American Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • American Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Corner
  • Anthony
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Anthony is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
  • Griffin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Griffin is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
  • Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Grove is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
  • Harmony
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Harmony is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • High Banks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • High Banks is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Banks
  • Hobbs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hobbs is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
  • Kitty Corner Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Kitty Corner Park is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Corner Park
  • Legion Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Legion Heights is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legion Heights
  • Lewistown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Lewistown is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
  • Potters Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Potters Landing is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Landing
  • Riverview Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Riverview Gardens is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Gardens
  • Williams Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Williams Heights is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Heights
  • Wings Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wings Landing is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wings Landing

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

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

  • Denton, which is the Seat of Caroline County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Bureau 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 63 miles [101.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,850 miles [9,414.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,430 miles [7,129.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Bureau 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bureau) 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 Bureau 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 Bureau. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8159, Longitude: -75.8552       In this case, the coordinates for Bureau have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.202 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.645 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.253 degrees.