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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 Greenbank Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenbank Farms 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 Greenbank Farms:
- 39.560393, -76.004947
- 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 Greenbank Farms
- 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 Cecil County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
- Since Greenbank Farms is near Harford County and also Chester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester 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 Greenbank Farms
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenbank Farms ...
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.
- Carpenter Point
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Carpenter Point is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Point
- Chestnut Point
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Chestnut Point is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Point
- Craigtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Craigtown is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigtown
- Elk Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Neck is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Neck
- Frenchtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Indian Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Falls is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Falls
- Joy Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Joy Haven is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy Haven
- Leslie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leslie is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Manor Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Manor Heights is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Heights
- Meadowvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Meadowvale is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowvale
- Misty Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Misty Meadows is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Meadows
- Mountain Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mountain Hill is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Perry Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Perry Point is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Point
- Poplar Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Poplar Point is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Point
- Prestige Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Prestige Village is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestige Village
- Quails Nest
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Quails Nest is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quails Nest
- Red Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Red Point is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Point
- Sunnyside
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Timberbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Timberbrook is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberbrook
- Town Commons
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Town Commons is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Commons
How Far From Greenbank Farms 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 Greenbank Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Greenbank Farms and extending to:
- Elkton, which is the Seat of Cecil County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Greenbank Farms to Elkton, with an average speed<2> 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 47 miles [75.6 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 71 miles [114.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,826 miles [9,376 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,531 miles [10,510.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,408 miles [7,094 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenbank Farms) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Greenbank Farms 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 Greenbank Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5604, Longitude: -76.0049 In this case, the coordinates for Greenbank Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.233 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.797 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.015 degrees. |
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