|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Great Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Great Mills 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 Great Mills:
- 38.236657, -76.496049
- 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 Great Mills
- 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 Great Mills 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 Great Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Great Mills ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Cove is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cove
- Colony Square
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Colony Square is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Square
- Discovery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Discovery is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Discovery
- Dukes Retreat
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dukes Retreat is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes Retreat
- Flowers of the Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Flowers of the Forest is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers of the Forest
- Forest Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Forest Park is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Friendly Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Friendly Pines is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Pines
- Greenview Knolls
(3 miles [4.8 km] 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
- Herring Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Herring Creek is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring Creek
- Hunting Neck Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hunting Neck Woods is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Neck Woods
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Jonestown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jonestown is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Laceys Venture
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Laceys Venture is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laceys Venture
- Lane Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lane Beach is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Beach
- Laurel Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Laurel Run is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Run
- Maple Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Run is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Run
- Spring Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stoney Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stoney Run is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Run
- Valley Lee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Valley Lee is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lee
How Far From Great Mills to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Great Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Great Mills and extending to:
- Leonardtown, which is the Seat of Saint Mary's County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Great Mills to Leonardtown, with an average speed<3> 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 51 miles [82.1 km] to the north (N). 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 54 miles [86.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,902 miles [9,498.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,603 miles [10,626.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,481 miles [7,211.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Great Mills) 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 Great Mills 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 Great Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2367, Longitude: -76.4960 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.614 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.024 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.744 degrees. |
|
|