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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 Eagle Nest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eagle Nest and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Eagle Nest:
    • 39.277330, -76.394959
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Eagle Nest
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Eagle Nest ...

We found eight communities that share the name Eagle Nest.

Within Maryland, the name Eagle Nest is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Coconino County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Eagle Nest [Coconino County].
    • Idaho
      • Valley County
      • This Eagle Nest is located in Valley County and lies 2,043 miles [3,287.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Eagle Nest that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valley County community of Eagle Nest.
    • Michigan
      • Keweenaw County
      • This Eagle Nest is located in Keweenaw County and lies 817 miles [1,314.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Eagle Nest that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keweenaw County community of Eagle Nest.
    • New Mexico
      • Colfax County
      • This Eagle Nest is located in Colfax County and lies 1,576 miles [2,536.3 km]<2> to the west of the Eagle Nest that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colfax County community of Eagle Nest.
      • McKinley County
      • This Eagle Nest is located in McKinley County and lies 1,709 miles [2,750.4 km] to the west of the Eagle Nest that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKinley County community of Eagle Nest.
    • New York
      • Hamilton County
      • This Eagle Nest is located in Hamilton County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Eagle Nest that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Eagle Nest.
    • North Dakota
      • Morton County
      • This Eagle Nest is located in Morton County and lies 1,382 miles [2,224.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Eagle Nest that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morton County community of Eagle Nest.
    • Texas
      • Val Verde County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Val Verde County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Val Verde County community of Eagle Nest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eagle Nest ...

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.

  • Airport Beach ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airport Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Beach
    • Airport Beach is located in Baltimore County
  • Breezy Point Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Breezy Point Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Point Beach
    • Breezy Point Beach is located in Baltimore County
  • Cedar Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Beach
    • Cedar Beach is located in Baltimore County
  • Evergreen Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Park
    • Evergreen Park is located in Baltimore County
  • Holly Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Beach
    • Holly Beach is located in Baltimore County
  • Island View Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island View Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View Beach
    • Island View Beach is located in Baltimore County
  • Porters Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porters Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Park
    • Porters Park is located in Baltimore County
  • Rockaway Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockaway Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Beach
    • Rockaway Beach is located in Baltimore County
  • Sue Creek Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sue Creek Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue Creek Landing
    • Sue Creek Landing is located in Baltimore County
  • Turkey Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point
    • Turkey Point is located in Baltimore County
  • Wildwood Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Beach
    • Wildwood Beach is located in Baltimore County

How Far From Eagle Nest to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Eagle Nest to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eagle Nest and extending to:

  • Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Eagle Nest to Towson, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 21 miles [33.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 43 miles [69.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,854 miles [9,421.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,436 miles [7,139 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Eagle Nest. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Baltimore County: www.co.ba.md.us/

The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Eagle Nest 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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eagle Nest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eagle Nest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2773, Longitude: -76.3950       In this case, the coordinates for Eagle Nest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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 Eagle Nest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Eagle Nest to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.485 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.038 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.295 degrees.




 

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