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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 Forest Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest Gardens 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 Forest Gardens:
- 38.835392, -75.982161
- 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 Forest 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 Talbot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot County
- Since Forest Gardens is near Caroline County and also Queen Anne's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne'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 Forest Gardens
Communities Also Named Forest Gardens ...
We found one communities that are also named Forest Gardens.
Within Maryland, the name Forest Gardens is unique.
Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Forest Gardens in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Lake 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 Illinois community of Forest Gardens [Lake County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest 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.
- Chapel Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel Station is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Station
- Chapel Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chapel Woods is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Woods
- Clearview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clearview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Crabapple Court
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crabapple Court is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabapple Court
- Georgia Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Georgia Woods is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia Woods
- Griffin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- High Banks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- High Banks is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Banks
- Kitty Corner Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kitty Corner Park is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Corner Park
- Kittys Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kittys Corner is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittys Corner
- Lewistown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lewistown is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Longwoods
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Longwoods is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwoods
- Mill Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mill Run is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Mulberry Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mulberry Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Hill
- Providence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Providence is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Providence Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Providence Landing is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Landing
- Queen Anne
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rice Land
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rice Land is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Land
- Riser Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riser Place is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riser Place
- Swan Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Haven is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Haven
- Walkertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Walkertown is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Wings Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wings Landing is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wings Landing
How Far From Forest 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 Forest Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Forest Gardens and extending to:
- Easton, which is the Seat of Talbot County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Forest Gardens to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> 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 56 miles [90.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,855 miles [9,422.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,557 miles [10,552.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,435 miles [7,137.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Forest Gardens 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Forest Gardens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Forest 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 Forest Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8354, Longitude: -75.9822 In this case, the coordinates for Forest Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.275 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.73 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.298 degrees. |
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