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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 Davidsonville Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Davidsonville Gardens and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Davidsonville Gardens
  • 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 Davidsonville Gardens:
    • 38.885391, -76.660798
    • 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 Davidsonville Gardens
  • 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 Davidsonville Gardens is near Prince George's County and also Calvert 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 Calvert 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 Davidsonville Gardens

Curious and Interesting Names Near Davidsonville Gardens ...

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.

  • Birdsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Birdsville is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
  • Friends Choice
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Friends Choice is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Choice
  • Hall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hall is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
  • Heritage Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Heritage Hills is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
  • Hills Landing ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • 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 southeast)
    • Hunt Chapel is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Chapel
  • Kings Retreat
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Kings Retreat is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Retreat
  • Merrywood
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Merrywood is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywood
  • Mill Swamp
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Mill Swamp is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Swamp
  • Queen Anne Knolls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Queen Anne Knolls is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Anne Knolls
  • Riverwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Riverwood is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
  • Royale Glen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Royale Glen is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royale Glen
  • Rustic Knolls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Rustic Knolls is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Knolls

How Far From Davidsonville Gardens 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 Davidsonville Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Davidsonville Gardens and extending to:

  • Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Davidsonville Gardens to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> 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 11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 20 miles [32.2 km] to the west (W). 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 5,882 miles [9,466.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,586 miles [10,599.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,463 miles [7,182.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Davidsonville Gardens) 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 Davidsonville Gardens 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 Davidsonville Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8854, Longitude: -76.6608       In this case, the coordinates for Davidsonville Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.669 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.186 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.561 degrees.