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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 Cleveland Park Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cleveland Park 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 Cleveland Park Estates:
- 38.583731, -76.930250
- 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 Cleveland Park 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 Charles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles County
- Since Cleveland Park Estates is near Prince George's County and also Saint Mary's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary's 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 Cleveland Park Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cleveland Park 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.
- Bannister
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bannister is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannister
- Beantown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Beantown is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beantown
- Berry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Berry is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry
- Clarks Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Clarks Run is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Run
- Constitution Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Constitution Hills is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constitution Hills
- Deerwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Deerwood is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Ellenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ellenwood is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenwood
- Forest Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Forest Grove is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Forest Park is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Fox Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fox Run is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Hickory Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Holly Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holly Station is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Station
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hunters Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hunters Ridge is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
- Kent Square
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kent Square is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Square
- Kings Grant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kings Grant is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grant
- Lynnbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lynnbrook is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnbrook
- Lyons Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lyons Corner is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Corner
- Meadowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Meadowbrook is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Pheasant Farm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pheasant Farm is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Farm
- Quailwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quailwood is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quailwood
- Rosewick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosewick is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewick
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Springhaven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Springhaven is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhaven
- Sunnyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Turkey Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Turkey Hill is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Hill
- Willow Gate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Gate is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Gate
How Far From Cleveland Park 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 Cleveland Park Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cleveland Park Estates and extending to:
- La Plata, which is the Seat of Charles County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Cleveland Park Estates to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over 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 22 miles [35.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,906 miles [9,504.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,610 miles [10,637.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,487 miles [7,221.1 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- Cleveland Park Estates) 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 Cleveland Park 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 Cleveland Park Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5837, Longitude: -76.9303 In this case, the coordinates for Cleveland Park Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.846 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.341 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.79 degrees. |
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