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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 Campus Hills Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Campus Hills Estates 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 Campus Hills Estates:
- 39.567607, -76.276624
- 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 Campus Hills Estates
- 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 Harford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
- Since Campus Hills Estates is near Montgomery County and also Cecil County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil 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 Campus Hills Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Campus Hills Estates ...
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.
- Big Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Big Woods is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Woods
- Bramblewood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bramblewood is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramblewood
- Calvary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Calvary is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Churchville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cool Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cool Spring is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
- Deerhaven
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Deerhaven is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerhaven
- Fountain Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Glen is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Glen
- Fountain Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Green is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
- Friendship Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Friendship Heights is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Heights
- Green Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Ridge is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Hillview
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hillview is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
- Meadow Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Meadow Springs is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Springs
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Moorland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Moorland is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorland
- Pine Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Crest is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Rolling Green
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rolling Green is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Green
- Shucks Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shucks Corners is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shucks Corners
- Thomas Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Thomas Run is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Run
- Woodside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodside is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Campus Hills Estates 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 Campus Hills Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Campus Hills Estates and extending to:
- Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Campus Hills Estates to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 61 miles [98.2 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 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 5,837 miles [9,393.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,543 miles [10,529.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,420 miles [7,113.3 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- Campus Hills Estates) 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 Campus Hills Estates 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 Campus Hills Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5676, Longitude: -76.2766 In this case, the coordinates for Campus Hills Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.394 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.98 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.128 degrees. |
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