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we pass this GPS location for Homeland:
39.358162, -76.624413
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We found nine communities that are also named Homeland.
Within Maryland, the name Homeland is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Riverside County
This Homeland is located in Riverside County and lies 2,259 miles [3,635.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Homeland.
Florida
Polk County
This Homeland is located in Polk County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Homeland.
Georgia
Brooks 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 Georgia community of Homeland [Brooks County].
Charlton County
This Homeland is located in Charlton County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlton County community of Homeland.
Hawaii
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Missouri
Howell County
This Homeland is located in Howell County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howell County community of Homeland.
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
This Homeland is located in Lancaster County and lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Homeland.
Virginia
Culpeper County
This Homeland is located in Culpeper County and lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Culpeper County community of Homeland.
West Virginia
Lewis County
This Homeland is located in Lewis County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Homeland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Homeland ...
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.
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 Homeland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Homeland and extending to:
Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Homeland to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 38 miles [61.2 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 just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,860 miles [9,430.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,443 miles [7,150.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Homeland) 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 Homeland 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 . 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 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 Homeland 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 Homeland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3582, Longitude: -76.6244 In this case, the coordinates for Homeland 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 303.198 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.36 degrees.