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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 Fox Meadows Purchase, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fox Meadows Purchase 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 Fox Meadows Purchase:
- 39.588994, -76.513855
- 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 Fox Meadows Purchase
- 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 Fox Meadows Purchase is near Baltimore County and also Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Fox Meadows Purchase
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox Meadows Purchase ...
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.
- Blackhorse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blackhorse is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhorse
- Clover Field
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Field is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Field
- Fox Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fox Meadows is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadows
- Fox Meadows Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fox Meadows Woods is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadows Woods
- Foxwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Foxwood is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
- Franklins Chance
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Franklins Chance is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklins Chance
- Furnace
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Furnace is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Greenfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenfields
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Greenfields is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfields
- Hunt Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hunt Crest is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Crest
- Hunting Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hunting Ridge is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Ridge
- Madonna
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Madonna is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonna
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Manor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Manor is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
- Manor View Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Manor View Farms is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor View Farms
- Quiet Inheritance
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Quiet Inheritance is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Inheritance
- Rolling Knolls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rolling Knolls is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Knolls
- Spooners Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spooners Creek is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooners Creek
- Upper Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Crossroads is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Crossroads
How Far From Fox Meadows Purchase 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 Fox Meadows Purchase to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Fox Meadows Purchase and extending to:
- Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fox Meadows Purchase to Bel Air, with an average speed<2> 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 42 miles [67.6 km] to the south (S). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 55 miles [88.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving 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 5,846 miles [9,408.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,553 miles [10,546 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,429 miles [7,127.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fox Meadows Purchase) 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 Fox Meadows Purchase 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 Fox Meadows Purchase. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5890, Longitude: -76.5139 In this case, the coordinates for Fox Meadows Purchase have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.533 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.141 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.221 degrees. |
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