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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 Greater Capitol Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greater Capitol Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Greater Capitol Heights
- 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 Greater Capitol Heights:
- 38.878168, -76.920807
- 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 Greater Capitol Heights
- 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 Prince George's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
- Since Greater Capitol Heights is near Arlington County and also Alexandria City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arlington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alexandria 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 Greater Capitol Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greater Capitol Heights ...
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.
- Berry Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Berry Lane is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Lane
- Chapel Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chapel Oaks is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Oaks
- Coral Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Coral Hills is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hills
- District Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gordons Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gordons Corner is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordons Corner
- Hillside
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hillside is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Huntsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Kent Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kent Village is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Village
- Kentland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kentland is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentland
- Pepper Mill Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pepper Mill Village is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Mill Village
- Randolph Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Randolph Village is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Village
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Silver Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Hill is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Suitland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tuxedo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tuxedo is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo
- Tuxedo Colony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tuxedo Colony is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Colony
- White House Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- White House Heights is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Heights
- Woods Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woods Corner is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corner
- Yorkshire Knolls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yorkshire Knolls is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Knolls
How Far From Greater Capitol Heights 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 Greater Capitol Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Greater Capitol Heights and extending to:
- Upper Marlboro, which is the Seat of Prince George's County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Greater Capitol Heights to Upper Marlboro, 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 24 miles [38.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is just to the west northwest (WNW).
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,893 miles [9,483.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,475 miles [7,201.8 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' (or 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- Greater Capitol Heights) 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 Greater Capitol Heights 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 Greater Capitol Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8782, Longitude: -76.9208 In this case, the coordinates for Greater Capitol Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.822 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.359 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.673 degrees. |
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