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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 Herrington Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Herrington Manor 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 Herrington Manor:
- 39.452872, -79.453101
- 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 Herrington Manor
- 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 Garrett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garrett County
- Since Herrington Manor is near Preston County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Preston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Herrington Manor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Herrington Manor ...
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.
- Amboy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Amboy is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Aurora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cranesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cranesville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranesville
- Deer Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Freeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Freeport is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Fricks Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fricks Crossing is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Crossing
- Green Glade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Green Glade is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Glade
- Lake Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lake Ford is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ford
- Red House
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Red House is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Salt Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Salt Lick is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Sunnyside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Herrington Manor 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 Herrington Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Herrington Manor and extending to:
- Oakland, which is the Seat of Garrett County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Herrington Manor to Annapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 134 miles [215.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,975 miles [9,615.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,688 miles [10,763.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,563 miles [7,343.4 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 '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- Herrington Manor) 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 Herrington Manor 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 Herrington Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4529, Longitude: -79.4531 In this case, the coordinates for Herrington Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.303 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.131 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.542 degrees. |
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