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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 Greens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest Greens 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 Greens:
- 39.457054, -76.228844
- 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 Greens
- 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 Forest Greens is near Baltimore County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Greens
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest Greens ...
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.
- Bush
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bush is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Bush River
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bush River is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush River
- Clearview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clearview is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Constant Friendship
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Constant Friendship is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constant Friendship
- Edgewater Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewater Village is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Village
- Happy Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Happy Knoll is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Knoll
- Harbour Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harbour Oaks is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Oaks
- Hemlock Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hemlock Ridge is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Ridge
- Hill Land
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hill Land is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Land
- Hillside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Long Bar Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Long Bar Harbor is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bar Harbor
- Michaelsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Michaelsville is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Rivershore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rivershore is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivershore
- Royal Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Royal Heights is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Heights
- Singer Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Singer Woods is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singer Woods
- Swan Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Swan Meadows is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Meadows
- Trimble Fields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble Fields is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble Fields
- Wildwood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wildwood is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Woodland Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodland Run is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Run
How Far From Forest Greens 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 Forest Greens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Forest Greens and extending to:
- Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Forest Greens to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 57 miles [91.7 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 over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,840 miles [9,398.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,422 miles [7,116.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forest Greens) 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 Forest Greens 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 Greens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4571, Longitude: -76.2288 In this case, the coordinates for Forest Greens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.374 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.94 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.152 degrees. |
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