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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 Callaway, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Callaway 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 Callaway:
    • 38.238459, -76.519122
    • 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 Callaway
  • 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 Saint Mary's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary's County
    • Since Callaway is near Calvert County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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 Callaway

Communities Also Named Callaway ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Callaway.

Within Maryland, the name Callaway is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Bay County
      • This Callaway is located in Bay County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Callaway that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bay County community of Callaway.
    • Georgia
      • Wilkes County
      • This Callaway is located in Wilkes County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Callaway that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of Callaway.
    • Indiana
      • Jefferson County
      • 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 Indiana community of Callaway [Jefferson County].
    • Kentucky
      • Bell County
      • This Callaway is located in Bell County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Callaway that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Callaway.
    • Louisiana
      • Richland 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 Callaway [Richland Parish].
      • Union Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Callaway [Union Parish].
    • Minnesota
      • Becker County
      • This Callaway is located in Becker County and lies 1,151 miles [1,852.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Callaway that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Becker County community of Callaway.
    • Missouri
      • Callaway County
      • This Callaway is located in Callaway County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<1> to the west of the Callaway that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Callaway County community of Callaway.
    • Nebraska
      • Custer County
      • This Callaway is located in Custer County and lies 1,256 miles [2,021.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Callaway that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Callaway.
    • Virginia
      • Franklin County
      • This Callaway is located in Franklin County and lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Callaway that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Callaway.
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh County
      • 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 West Virginia community of Callaway [Raleigh County].
      • Wyoming County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Callaway [Wyoming County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Callaway ...

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.

  • California
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Colony Square
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Colony Square is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Square
  • Discovery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Discovery is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Discovery
  • Dukes Retreat
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Dukes Retreat is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes Retreat
  • Flowers of the Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Flowers of the Forest is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers of the Forest
  • Friendly Pines
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Friendly Pines is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Pines
  • Great Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Green Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Acres is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Greenview Knolls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenview Knolls is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview Knolls
  • Hermanville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hermanville is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermanville
  • Herring Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Herring Creek is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring Creek
  • Hunting Neck Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hunting Neck Woods is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Neck Woods
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Jonestown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jonestown is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
    • Laceys Venture
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Laceys Venture is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laceys Venture
    • Lane Beach
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lane Beach is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Beach
    • Maple Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Maple Run is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Run
    • Spring Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Valley is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Stoney Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Stoney Run is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Run
    • Tall Timbers
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Valley Lee
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Valley Lee is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lee
    • Wilderness
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Wilderness is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness

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

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

  • Leonardtown, which is the Seat of Saint Mary's County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Callaway to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 53 miles [85.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,903 miles [9,500 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,604 miles [10,628.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,482 miles [7,213.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Callaway) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Callaway 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Callaway 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 Callaway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2385, Longitude: -76.5191       In this case, the coordinates for Callaway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.628 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.04 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.753 degrees.