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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 Deep Landing Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deep Landing Estates 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 Deep Landing Estates:
- 38.590398, -76.669129
- 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 Deep Landing Estates
- 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 Calvert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
- Since Deep Landing Estates is near Prince George's County and also Charles 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 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 Deep Landing Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Deep Landing Estates ...
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 Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Cedarhaven
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cedarhaven is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarhaven
- Deep Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Deep Landing is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Landing
- Eagle Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Eagle Harbor is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Fiddlers Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fiddlers Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlers Point
- Fox Den
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fox Den is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Den
- Holland Glenn
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Holland Glenn is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Glenn
- Hunting Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hunting Hills is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
- Hunting Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hunting Lake is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Lake
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Kings Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Landing is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
- New Enterprise
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Enterprise is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Potts Point
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Potts Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potts Point
- Quail Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Quail Ridge is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Shady Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Hill is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hill
- Wild Goose Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wild Goose Landing is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Goose Landing
How Far From Deep Landing Estates 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 Deep Landing Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Deep Landing Estates and extending to:
- Prince Frederick, which is the Seat of Calvert County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Deep Landing Estates to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> 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 just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,475 miles [7,201.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Deep Landing Estates) 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 Deep Landing Estates 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 Deep Landing Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5904, Longitude: -76.6691 In this case, the coordinates for Deep Landing Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.693 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.168 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.679 degrees. |
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