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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 Hammarlee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hammarlee and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Hammarlee:
    • 39.175664, -76.602466
    • 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 Hammarlee
  • 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 Anne Arundel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
    • Since Hammarlee is near Baltimore City and also Baltimore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore 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 Hammarlee

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hammarlee ...

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.

  • Dundee
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Dundee is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
  • Ferndale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Foremans Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Foremans Corner is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foremans Corner
  • Freetown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Freetown is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
  • Furnace Branch
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Furnace Branch is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Branch
  • Gatewater
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Gatewater is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewater
  • Glen Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Glen Gardens is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Gardens
  • Greenlawn Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Greenlawn Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Beach
  • Greenlawn Shores
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Greenlawn Shores is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Shores
  • Harris Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Harris Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Heights
  • Heritage Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Heritage Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hill
  • Lynnbrook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lynnbrook is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnbrook
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Marley
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Marley is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
    • Marley Park Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Marley Park Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley Park Beach
    • Meadow Brook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Meadow Brook is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
    • Pleasantville
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Pleasantville is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
    • Point Pleasant
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Point Pleasant is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
    • Rippling Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Rippling Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippling Ridge
    • Stonehaven
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Stonehaven is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehaven
    • Sun Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Sun Valley is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
    • Towering Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Towering Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towering Oaks
    • Twin Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Twin Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Cove
    • Twin Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Twin Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Ridge
    • Willow
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Willow is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
    • Woodlawn Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodlawn Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hammarlee and extending to:

  • Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hammarlee to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,867 miles [9,442 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,572 miles [10,576.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,449 miles [7,160 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hammarlee) 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 Hammarlee 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 Hammarlee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1757, Longitude: -76.6025       In this case, the coordinates for Hammarlee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.615 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.17 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.423 degrees.