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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 Friendly Pines, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Friendly Pines 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 Friendly Pines:
- 38.264570, -76.491343
- 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 Friendly Pines
- 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 Saint Mary's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary's County
- Since Friendly Pines is near Calvert County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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 Friendly Pines
Curious and Interesting Names Near Friendly Pines ...
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.
- California
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Colony Square
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Colony Square is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Square
- Discovery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Discovery is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Discovery
- Flowers of the Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Flowers of the Forest is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers of the Forest
- Great Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenview Knolls
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greenview Knolls is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview Knolls
- Hermanville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hermanville is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermanville
- Holly Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holly Haven is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Haven
- Hunting Neck Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hunting Neck Woods is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Neck Woods
- Jonestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jonestown is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Maple Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Maple Run is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Run
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stoney Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stoney Run is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Run
- Town Creek Farm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Town Creek Farm is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek Farm
How Far From Friendly Pines 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 Friendly Pines to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Friendly Pines and extending to:
- Leonardtown, which is the Seat of Saint Mary's County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Friendly Pines to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 52 miles [83.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,901 miles [9,496.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,602 miles [10,624.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,480 miles [7,209.9 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Friendly Pines) 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 Friendly Pines 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 Friendly Pines. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2646, Longitude: -76.4913 In this case, the coordinates for Friendly Pines have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.61 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.023 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.732 degrees. |
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