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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 Calebs Delight, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Calebs Delight and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Calebs Delight:
    • 39.435658, -77.132204
    • 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 Calebs Delight
  • 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Calebs Delight is near Frederick County and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Howard 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 Calebs Delight

Curious and Interesting Names Near Calebs Delight ...

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.

  • Burrier Knob
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Burrier Knob is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrier Knob
  • Cover ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cover is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cover
  • Covers Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Covers Corner is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covers Corner
  • Dales Delight
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Dales Delight is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales Delight
  • Fuller
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Fuller is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
  • Harvest Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Harvest Hills is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Hills
  • Holler
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Holler is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holler
  • Mountain Vista
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Mountain Vista is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Vista
  • New Horizons
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • New Horizons is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Horizons
  • Sun Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sun Valley is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
  • Sun Valley Farms
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sun Valley Farms is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley Farms
  • Timber Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Timber Ridge is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
  • Unionville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Unionville is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
  • Windsong Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Windsong Farms is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Farms

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

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

  • Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Calebs Delight to Westminster, 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 46 miles [74 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 37 miles [59.5 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,879 miles [9,461.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,586 miles [10,599.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,463 miles [7,182.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Calebs Delight) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Calebs Delight 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 Calebs Delight. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4357, Longitude: -77.1322       In this case, the coordinates for Calebs Delight have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.911 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.546 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.546 degrees.