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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 Darnall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Darnall 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 Darnall:
- 38.790671, -76.638296
- 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 Darnall
- 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 Anne Arundel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
- Since Darnall is near Calvert County and also Prince George's 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 Prince George'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 Darnall
Communities Also Named Darnall ...
We found three communities that are also named Darnall.
Within Maryland, the name Darnall is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Kemper County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Darnall [Kemper County].
- Nebraska
- Keya Paha County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Keya Paha County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keya Paha County community of Darnall.
- Tennessee
- Lake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Darnall [Lake County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Darnall ...
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.
- Baywalker Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baywalker Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywalker Village
- Cedar Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Run is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
- Cedarwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedarwood is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
- Fox Chapel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Chapel is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chapel
- Friendship
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship Woods is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Woods
- Green Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Green Landing is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Landing
- Hills Landing ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hills Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Landing
- Hunt Chapel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hunt Chapel is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Chapel
- Iron Pot Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Iron Pot Landing is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Pot Landing
- Jewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Leon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Leon is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Lofty Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lofty Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty Heights
- Masons Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Masons Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Beach
- Nutwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nutwell is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwell
- Rustic Knolls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rustic Knolls is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Knolls
- Tabernacle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tabernacle is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Tall Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tall Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Oaks
- Traceys Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Traceys Meadows is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traceys Meadows
- Tracys Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Farms is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Farms
- Woodside View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woodside View is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside View
- Wuthering Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wuthering Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wuthering Heights
How Far From Darnall 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 Darnall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Darnall and extending to:
- Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Darnall to Annapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 22 miles [35.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,885 miles [9,471 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,589 miles [10,604 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,466 miles [7,187.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Darnall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 Darnall 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Darnall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Darnall 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 Darnall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7907, Longitude: -76.6383 In this case, the coordinates for Darnall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.662 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.164 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.589 degrees. |
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