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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 Cloverfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cloverfield 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 Cloverfield:
- 39.569550, -76.628304
- 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 Cloverfield
- 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 Cloverfield is near Harford County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Cloverfield
Communities Also Named Cloverfield ...
We found one communities that are also named Cloverfield.
Within Maryland, the name Cloverfield is unique.
Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Cloverfield in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lowndes 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 Alabama community of Cloverfield [Lowndes County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cloverfield ...
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.
- Bacon Hall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bacon Hall is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Hall
- Brandy Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brandy Springs is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy Springs
- Cross Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cross Creek is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
- Fern Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fern Valley is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Valley
- Flickerwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Flickerwood is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flickerwood
- Friends View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Friends View is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends View
- Graystone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Graystone is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graystone
- Hope Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hope Meadows is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Meadows
- Hunters Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hunters Mill is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Mill
- Manor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Manor is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
- Manor Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Manor Brook is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Brook
- Manor View Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Manor View Farms is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor View Farms
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Piney Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Piney Creek is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Creek
- Piney Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Piney Hill is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Hill
- Priceville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Priceville is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Sparks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
How Far From Cloverfield to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cloverfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Cloverfield and extending to:
- Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Cloverfield to Towson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 41 miles [66 km] to the south (S). 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 51 miles [82.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,852 miles [9,417.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,435 miles [7,137.4 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Cloverfield 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 county. 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Cloverfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cloverfield 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 Cloverfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5695, Longitude: -76.6283 In this case, the coordinates for Cloverfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.602 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.216 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.278 degrees. |
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