Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Friendship Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Friendship Acres and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Friendship Acres

• 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 Friendship Acres:
  • 38.443179, -77.148311
  • 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 Friendship Acres

• 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 Charles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Charles County
  • Since Friendship Acres is near King George County and also Stafford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for King George County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Stafford 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 Friendship Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Friendship Acres ...

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.

• Cedar Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Charles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Chapel Point
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Chapel Point is located in Charles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Point
• Cherryfield ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cherryfield is located in Charles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryfield
• Cooks Ferry
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Cooks Ferry is located in Charles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Ferry
• Hickory Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickory Hill is located in Charles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
• Hill Top
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hill Top is located in Charles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
• Ironsides
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Ironsides is located in Charles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironsides
• Liverpool Wharf
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Liverpool Wharf is located in Charles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool Wharf
• Marshope
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshope is located in Charles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshope
• Mount Hope
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Mount Hope is located in Charles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
• Nelson
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Nelson is located in Charles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson

How Far From Friendship Acres 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 Friendship Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Friendship Acres and extending to:

• La Plata, which is the Seat of Charles County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Friendship Acres to La Plata, with an average speed<2> 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 51 miles [82.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 31 miles [49.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,921 miles [9,528.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,625 miles [10,661.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,502 miles [7,245.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'