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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 Coles Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coles Corner 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 Coles Corner:
- 38.775948, -76.867194
- 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 Coles Corner
- 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 Prince George's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
- Since Coles Corner is near Anne Arundel County and also Charles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles 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 Coles Corner
Communities Also Named Coles Corner ...
We found three communities that are also named Coles Corner.
Within Maryland, the name Coles Corner is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Waldo 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 Maine community of Coles Corner [Waldo County].
- Vermont
- Caledonia County
- This Coles Corner is located in Caledonia County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Coles Corner that is located in Prince George's County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caledonia County community of Coles Corner.
- Washington
- Chelan County
- This Coles Corner is located in Chelan County and lies 2,258 miles [3,633.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Coles Corner that is located in Prince George's County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chelan County community of Coles Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coles Corner ...
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.
- Apple Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Apple Grove is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- District Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fairgreen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fairgreen is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairgreen
- Forestville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gordons Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gordons Corner is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordons Corner
- Hollaway Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hollaway Estates is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollaway Estates
- Jenkins Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jenkins Corner is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Corner
- Land Tree
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Land Tree is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land Tree
- Little Washington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Little Washington is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Washington
- Maryvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maryvale is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryvale
- Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Meadows is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Queensland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Queensland is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensland
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Squires Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Squires Woods is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires Woods
- Suitland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Temple Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Temple Hills Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Temple Hills Park is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hills Park
- Thrift
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Thrift is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrift
- Windy Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Windy Oaks is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Oaks
- Woods Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woods Corner is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corner
- Woodyard
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Woodyard is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
How Far From Coles Corner 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 Coles Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coles Corner and extending to:
- Upper Marlboro, which is the Seat of Prince George's County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Coles Corner to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,895 miles [9,487.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,599 miles [10,620.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,477 miles [7,205 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Coles Corner 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> | 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- Coles Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Coles Corner 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 Coles Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7759, Longitude: -76.8672 In this case, the coordinates for Coles Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.797 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.315 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.69 degrees. |
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