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we pass this GPS location for Homestead:
39.321774, -76.596911
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We found 38 communities that share the name Homestead.
Within Maryland, the name Homestead is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another 38 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 38 communities, 38 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Shelby County
This Homestead is located in Shelby County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Homestead.
Arizona
Maricopa County
This Homestead is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,983 miles [3,191.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Homestead.
California
Kern 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 California community of Homestead [Kern County].
Modoc County
This Homestead is located in Modoc County and lies 2,329 miles [3,748.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Modoc County community of Homestead.
Riverside County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Homestead [Riverside County].
Sacramento County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Homestead [Sacramento County].
San Joaquin County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Homestead [San Joaquin County].
Colorado
Jefferson County
This Homestead is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,520 miles [2,446.2 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Homestead.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Homestead is located in Hillsborough County and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Homestead.
Miami-Dade County
This Homestead is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 981 miles [1,578.8 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami-Dade County community of Homestead.
Georgia
Clayton County
This Homestead is located in Clayton County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Homestead.
Pierce County
This Homestead is located in Pierce County and lies 640 miles [1,030 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Homestead.
Hawaii
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 Hawaii community of Homestead.
Illinois
Saint Clair 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 Illinois community of Homestead [Saint Clair County].
Indiana
Dearborn County
This Homestead is located in Dearborn County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dearborn County community of Homestead.
Iowa
Iowa County
This Homestead is located in Iowa County and lies 817 miles [1,314.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iowa County community of Homestead.
Kansas
Chase 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 Kansas community of Homestead [Chase County].
Manitoba
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Michigan
Benzie 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 Michigan community of Homestead [Benzie County].
Chippewa County
This Homestead is located in Chippewa County and lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Homestead.
Mississippi
Scott 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 Mississippi community of Homestead [Scott County].
Missouri
Carter County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Homestead [Carter County].
Ray County
This Homestead is located in Ray County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ray County community of Homestead.
Montana
Sheridan County
This Homestead is located in Sheridan County and lies 1,515 miles [2,438.2 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheridan County community of Homestead.
Nebraska
Douglas County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Douglas County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Homestead.
Nevada
Storey County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Storey County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Storey County community of Homestead.
New Jersey
Hudson 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 New Jersey community of Homestead [Hudson County].
North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
This Homestead is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Homestead.
Rockingham County
This Homestead is located in Rockingham County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Homestead.
Ohio
Lucas County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Lucas County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Homestead.
Oklahoma
Blaine County
This Homestead is located in Blaine County and lies 1,207 miles [1,942.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blaine County community of Homestead.
Oregon
Baker County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Homestead [Baker County].
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
This Homestead is located in Allegheny County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Homestead.
Rhode Island
Newport County
This Homestead is located in Newport County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport County community of Homestead.
Tennessee
Cumberland County
This Homestead is located in Cumberland County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Homestead.
Knox County
This Homestead is located in Knox County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Homestead.
Virginia
Virginia Beach City
This Homestead is located in Virginia Beach City and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Virginia Beach City community of Homestead.
West Virginia
Cabell 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 West Virginia community of Homestead [Cabell County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Homestead ...
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.
Charles Village (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charles Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 community such as Homestead to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Homestead and extending to:
Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Homestead to Annapolis, with an average speed<5> 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 most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 37 miles [59.5 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,861 miles [9,432.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
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).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,443 miles [7,150.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Homestead) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Homestead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3218, Longitude: -76.5969 In this case, the coordinates for Homestead have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Homestead 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>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Homestead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Homestead to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.601 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.177 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.363 degrees.