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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 Caves Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caves Park 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 Caves Park:
    • 39.440106, -76.725529
    • 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 Caves Park
  • 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 Baltimore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Since Caves Park is near Baltimore City and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Caves Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Caves Park ...

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.

  • Autumn Wind
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Autumn Wind is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autumn Wind
  • Cave Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cave Valley is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Valley
  • Chestnut Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
  • Fallswood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Fallswood is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallswood
  • Greenspring
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Greenspring is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenspring
  • Greenwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Greenwood is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Hickory Meadow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory Meadow is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Meadow
  • Hillside Hunt
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillside Hunt is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Hunt
  • Hunt Cup Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Hunt Cup Hill is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Cup Hill
  • Leisure Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Leisure Hill is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Hill
  • Rogers ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rogers is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
  • Valley Brook
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Valley Brook is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Brook
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Valley Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Valley Hills is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills
    • Velvet Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Velvet Ridge is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velvet Ridge
    • Velvet Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Velvet Valley is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velvet Valley
    • Waterspout
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Waterspout is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterspout

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

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

  • Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Caves Park to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> 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 40 miles [64.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 5,861 miles [9,432.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,568 miles [10,570.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,444 miles [7,151.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Caves Park) 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 Caves Park 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 Caves Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4401, Longitude: -76.7255       In this case, the coordinates for Caves Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.669 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.272 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.37 degrees.