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 Calverton:
39.289551, -76.660247
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.
We found five communities that share the name Calverton.
There are three communities within Maryland that are also named Calverton.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Maryland ...
Montgomery 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 Maryland community of Calverton [Montgomery County].
Prince George's County
This Calverton is located in Prince George's County and lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Calverton.
Queen Anne's County
This Calverton is located in Queen Anne's County and lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queen Anne's County community of Calverton.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New York
Suffolk County
This Calverton is located in Suffolk County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<2> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Calverton.
Virginia
Fauquier County
This Calverton is located in Fauquier County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Calverton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Calverton ...
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.
Asylum ‑ Historic (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Asylum have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Calverton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Calverton and extending to:
Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Calverton to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 33 miles [53.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,865 miles [9,438.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,571 miles [10,575 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,447 miles [7,156.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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 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 Calverton 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 . 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 '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- Calverton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Calverton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2896, Longitude: -76.6602 In this case, the coordinates for Calverton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Calverton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.641 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.217 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.402 degrees.