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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 Chestnut Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chestnut Farms 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 Chestnut Farms:
- 39.297328, -76.802474
- 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 Chestnut Farms
- 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 Howard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard County
- Since Chestnut Farms is near Baltimore County and also Baltimore City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
- 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 Chestnut Farms
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chestnut Farms ...
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.
- Chapelview
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Chapelview is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapelview
- Chestnut Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Daniels ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Daniels is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels
- Former names for Daniels:
- Alberton
- Elsyville
- Fair Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Brook is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Brook
- Frederick Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Frederick Village is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick Village
- Gray
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gray is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Gray Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gray Rock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Rock
- Gray Rock Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gray Rock Farms is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Rock Farms
- Grays Level
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Grays Level is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Level
- Heraldry Square
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Heraldry Square is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heraldry Square
- Hilltop
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Howard Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Howard Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Heights
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Ivy Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ivy Hill is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Hill
- Kraft Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kraft Corner is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kraft Corner
- Rockland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rockland is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Rolling Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Heights is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Heights
- Rolling Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rolling Ridge is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Ridge
- Sky View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sky View is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky View
- Thornbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Thornbrook is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornbrook
- Timber Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Timber Point is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Point
- Toll House
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Toll House is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll House
How Far From Chestnut Farms 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 Chestnut Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Chestnut Farms and extending to:
- Ellicott City, which is the Seat of Howard County, lies just to the South.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Chestnut Farms to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> 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 just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 30 miles [48.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,871 miles [9,448.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,577 miles [10,584.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,453 miles [7,166.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Chestnut Farms) 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 Chestnut Farms 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 Chestnut Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2973, Longitude: -76.8025 In this case, the coordinates for Chestnut Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.725 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.313 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.46 degrees. |
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