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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 Day Meadows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Day Meadows 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 Day Meadows:
- 39.675661, -76.268012
- 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 Day Meadows
- 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 Harford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
- Since Day Meadows is near Cecil County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
- Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Day Meadows
Curious and Interesting Names Near Day Meadows ...
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.
- Bald Friar ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bald Friar is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Friar
- Cooper
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cooper is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Deer Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Park is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Deercreek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Deercreek is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deercreek
- Delta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dublin
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dublin is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Five Points ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Glen Cove ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glen Cove is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Glenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenville is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Highland ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Highland View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Highland View is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
- Mechanicsville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Mount Pleasant ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Peach Bottom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot
- Pleasant Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lancaster County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Poplar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Poplar Grove is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Prospect
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Pylesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Scenic View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Scenic View is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic View
- Slate Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Slate Hill is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
- Street
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Thomas Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Thomas Run is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Run
- Viking Highlands
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Viking Highlands is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking Highlands
How Far From Day Meadows 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 Day Meadows to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Day Meadows and extending to:
- Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Day Meadows to Bel Air, 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 south southwest (SSW). 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 67 miles [107.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,832 miles [9,385.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,415 miles [7,105.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Day Meadows) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Day Meadows 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 Day Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6757, Longitude: -76.2680 In this case, the coordinates for Day Meadows have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.38 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.981 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.081 degrees. |
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