Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Colony Square, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colony Square and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Colony Square

• 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 Colony Square:
  • 38.257625, -76.449674
  • 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 Colony Square

• 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 Saint Mary's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary's County
  • Since Colony Square is near Calvert County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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 Colony Square

Curious and Interesting Names Near Colony Square ...

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.

• Cedar Cove
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Cedar Cove is located in Saint Mary's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cove
• Discovery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Discovery is located in Saint Mary's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Discovery
• Flowers of the Forest
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Flowers of the Forest is located in Saint Mary's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers of the Forest
• Forest Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Forest Park is located in Saint Mary's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
• Friendly Pines
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Friendly Pines is located in Saint Mary's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Pines
• Great Mills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Great Mills is located in Saint Mary's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Mills
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Great Mills <1>
• Greenview Knolls
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenview Knolls is located in Saint Mary's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview Knolls
• Hermanville
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Hermanville is located in Saint Mary's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermanville
• Hunting Neck Woods
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Hunting Neck Woods is located in Saint Mary's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Neck Woods
• Jonestown
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Jonestown is located in Saint Mary's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
• Spring Valley
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Spring Valley is located in Saint Mary's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley

How Far From Colony Square 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 Colony Square to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Colony Square and extending to:

• Leonardtown, which is the Seat of Saint Mary's County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Colony Square to Leonardtown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 49 miles [78.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 54 miles [86.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,899 miles [9,493.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,600 miles [10,621.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,479 miles [7,208.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'