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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 Havre de Grace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Havre de Grace 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 Havre de Grace:
- 39.546527, -76.091622
- 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 Havre de Grace
- 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 Harford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
- Since Havre de Grace is near Cecil County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Havre de Grace
Curious and Interesting Names Near Havre de Grace ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carpenter Point is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Point
- Chapel Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chapel Hills is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hills
- Chestnut Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Point is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Point
- Craigtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Craigtown is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigtown
- Foxridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Foxridge is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxridge
- Frenchtown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Grace Harbour
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Grace Harbour is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Harbour
- Green Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Valley is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Manor Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Manor Heights is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Heights
- Meadowvale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Meadowvale is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowvale
- Mountain Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mountain Hill is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Paradise Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Paradise Heights is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Heights
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Perry Point
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Perry Point is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Point
- Poplar Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Poplar Point is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Point
- Port Deposit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Quaker Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker Hills is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Hills
- Rock Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Swan Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Creek is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
- Swan Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Meadows is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Meadows
How Far From Havre de Grace to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Havre de Grace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Havre de Grace and extending to:
- Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Havre de Grace to Bel Air, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 44 miles [70.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 67 miles [107.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,830 miles [9,382.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,412 miles [7,100.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Havre de Grace) 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 Havre de Grace 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 Havre de Grace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5465, Longitude: -76.0916 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.286 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.854 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.058 degrees. |
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