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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 Hardesty, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hardesty 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 Hardesty:
    • 38.898724, -76.678299
    • 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 Hardesty
  • 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 Hardesty is near Anne Arundel County and also Calvert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert 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 Hardesty

Communities Also Named Hardesty ...

We found six communities that are also named Hardesty.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Hardesty.

Beyond Maryland, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Anne Arundel County
      • This Hardesty is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 5 miles [8 km]<1> to the east of the Hardesty that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Hardesty.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Washington County
      • This Hardesty is located in Washington County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<1> to the west of the Hardesty that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hardesty.
    • Oklahoma
      • Beaver County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Hardesty [Beaver County].
      • Texas County
      • This Hardesty is located in Texas County and lies 1,343 miles [2,161.3 km]<1> to the west of the Hardesty that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Hardesty.
    • Virginia
      • Warren County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hardesty [Warren County].
    • West Virginia
      • Preston County
      • This Hardesty is located in Preston County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the west of the Hardesty that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preston County community of Hardesty.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hardesty ...

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.

  • Birdsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Birdsville is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
  • Bowie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bowie is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,212 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowie <3>
  • Friends Choice
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Friends Choice is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Choice
  • Gravely
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Gravely is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravely
  • Hall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hall is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
  • Heather Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Heather Hills is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Hills
  • Heritage Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Heritage Hills is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
  • Hills Landing ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Hills Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Landing
  • Hunt Chapel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunt Chapel is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Chapel
  • Kings Retreat
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Kings Retreat is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Retreat
  • Merrywood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Merrywood is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywood
  • Queen Anne Knolls
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Queen Anne Knolls is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Anne Knolls
  • Riverwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Riverwood is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
  • Royale Glen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Royale Glen is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royale Glen

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hardesty and extending to:

  • Upper Marlboro, which is the Seat of Prince George's County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Hardesty to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 19 miles [30.6 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,882 miles [9,466.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,586 miles [10,599.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,464 miles [7,184.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Hardesty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hardesty 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Hardesty 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 Hardesty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8987, Longitude: -76.6783       In this case, the coordinates for Hardesty have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.678 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.199 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.563 degrees.