Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Glen Oaks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glen Oaks and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Glen Oaks
- 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 Glen Oaks:
- 39.162330, -76.829695
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Glen Oaks
- 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 Howard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Howard County
- Since Glen Oaks is near Anne Arundel County and also Prince George's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
- eBird sighting report for Prince George's 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Glen Oaks ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Glen Oaks.
There is one other community in Maryland which is also named Glen Oaks.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Maryland ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Glen Oaks is located in Jefferson County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Glen Oaks that is located in Howard County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Glen Oaks.
- Lauderdale County
- This Glen Oaks is located in Lauderdale County and lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km] to the west southwest of the Glen Oaks that is located in Howard County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Glen Oaks.
- Arizona
- California
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- New York
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glen Oaks ...
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.
- Arrowhead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Bridewell ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Cedars
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Chase Eden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase Eden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Eden
- Chase Eden is located in Howard County
- Dasher Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dasher Green have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dasher Green
- Dasher Green is located in Howard County
- Elkhorn
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Heritage Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
- Heritage Woods is located in Howard County
- Hopewell
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Howard Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Hills
- Howard Hills is located in Howard County
- Magnolia ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Mission Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Heights
- Mission Heights is located in Howard County
- Pleasant Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Howard County
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- River Island
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Island
- River Island is located in Howard County
- Robinsons Promise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinsons Promise have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Promise
- Robinsons Promise is located in Howard County
- Savage
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Savage is located in Howard County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Savage <5>
- Stonebrook
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonebrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebrook
- Stonebrook is located in Howard County
- Twin Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Woodvalley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodvalley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodvalley
- Woodvalley is located in Howard County
- River Island
How Far From Glen Oaks 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 Glen Oaks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glen Oaks and extending to:
- Ellicott City, which is the Seat of Howard County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Glen Oaks to Annapolis, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 21 miles [33.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,877 miles [9,458.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,460 miles [7,177.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glen Oaks. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Howard County: www.co.ho.md.us/
The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Glen Oaks could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Glen Oaks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glen Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1623, Longitude: -76.8297 In this case, the coordinates for Glen Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Glen Oaks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Glen Oaks to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.75 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.321 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.524 degrees. |