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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 Foxhall Farm, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Foxhall Farm 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 Foxhall Farm:
- 39.243162, -76.732471
- 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 Foxhall Farm
- 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 Baltimore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
- Since Foxhall Farm is near Howard County and also Baltimore City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
- 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 Foxhall Farm
Curious and Interesting Names Near Foxhall Farm ...
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.
- Asylum ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Asylum is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Bonnie Brae
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bonnie Brae is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
- Elkridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elkridge Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elkridge Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge Heights
- Frederick Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frederick Village is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick Village
- Gray
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gray is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Grays Level
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grays Level is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Level
- Harristown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harristown is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
- Hunting Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hunting Ridge is located in Baltimore City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Ridge
- Lawyers Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lawyers Hill is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers Hill
- Marble Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Marble Hill is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hill
- Orange Grove ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Orange Grove is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Paradise
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Paradise is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Pleasant View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Quail Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Quail Ridge is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Relay
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Relay is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relay
- Rockburn Commons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rockburn Commons is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockburn Commons
- Thistle
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Thistle is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistle
- Timber Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Point is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Point
- Timberview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Timberview is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberview
- Violetville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Violetville is located in Baltimore City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violetville
- Woodland Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Village is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
How Far From Foxhall Farm 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 Foxhall Farm to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Foxhall Farm and extending to:
- Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Foxhall Farm to Towson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,870 miles [9,446.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,576 miles [10,583 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,452 miles [7,164.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Foxhall Farm) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Foxhall Farm 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 Foxhall Farm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2432, Longitude: -76.7325 In this case, the coordinates for Foxhall Farm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.687 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.262 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.451 degrees. |
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